An “active police response” was underway in the area around a hotel in suburban Lombard early Friday morning, with multiple agencies on scene, including a dive team, as authorities searched for a missing two-year-old girl.
Around 4 a.m., Lombard police confirmed to NBC Chicago that there was an “active police response” around the Extended Stay America hotel, located at 260 E. 22nd St. in Lombard, near the mall Yorktown.
NBC 5 reporter Sandra Torres reported that the “significant” police presence included the Lombard Police Department, DuPage County Sheriff and Villa Park Police Department, as well as the Fire Department of Oakbrook, Roselle and Bloomingdale.
The Bloomingdale Fire Department confirmed to Torres that they were dispatched to the scene due to reports of a person “in the water.”
Photos and video from the scene showed several agencies surrounding the area, as well as several divers searching a pond behind the hotel and Greek Islands Lombard, a popular restaurant near the Yorktown Mall.
Torres reported at the scene that an employee at the Extended Stay America said police were looking for a two-year-old girl staying at the hotel who had been reported missing overnight.
The Village of Lombard confirmed later Friday morning that authorities were searching for the missing girl in the area of 22nd Street and Highland Avenue.
According to the village, the girl was last seen wearing a white tank top with colorful writing and blue denim shorts.
“Please avoid the area to allow emergency personnel to conduct their search,” the village said in a Facebook post.
Authorities in Lombard and DuPage County did not immediately respond to NBC Chicago’s request for additional information.
This is a developing story and will be updated as details become available.
Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, is about 20 miles west of the city.
