A Porter County sheriff's officer runs as Valparaiso officers take cover behind a squad car during a standoff at the city's "Five Points" intersection Friday May 25, 2012. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media

Medics and police secure the gunman on a stretcher after a 7-hour police standoff inside the Prudential real estate building at the 5-points intersection at Calumet Avenue in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday May 25, 2012. Hostages were released before police broke a window for entrance and removed the gunman who was taken from the scene in an ambulance. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Officers take cover behind a Valparaiso police squad car during a standoff with an armed hostage taker Friday May 25. 2012. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media

Porter County sheriff's officers use a shield while entering the building where an armed man was holding hostages in Valparaiso Friday May 25, 2012. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media

Workers measure for new glass in a window at the Prudential real estate office in Valparaiso Friday May 25, 2012. The window was shattered as members of a swat team entered the building during a standoff with an armed hostage taker. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media

Police officers take cover behind a vehiclle during a standoff at Vale Park and Roosevelt in Valparaiso Friday May 25, 2012. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media

Instructions are given shortly before a window was broken to gain entrance during a 7-hour police standoff inside the Prudential real estate building at the 5-points intersection at Calumet Avenue in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday May 25, 2012. Hostages were released before police broke a window for entrance and removed the gunman who was taken from the scene in an ambulance. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A police officer walks with a man as a 7-hour police standoff inside the Prudential real estate building (background) continues at the 5-points intersection at Calumet Avenue in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday May 25, 2012. Hostages were released before police broke a window for entrance and removed the gunman who was taken from the scene in an ambulance. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A sniper moves positions on the roof of a neighboring building towards the end of a 7-hour police standoff inside the Prudential real estate building at the 5-points intersection at Calumet Avenue in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday May 25, 2012. Hostages were released before police broke a window for entrance and removed the gunman who was taken from the scene in an ambulance. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media