| 2013-1249 | 10:08:03 | Waukegan Police sent the Bomb Squad. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 10:07:32 | Police know that the frequency they are using is being monitored by the news media, and so they have moved communications to Command Channel 2 and are using encryption. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 10:05:33 | Police want the airspace above the scene be cleared of news helicopters. They want the helicopters to be shooed at least five miles away from the area. News media starting to arrive there on the roadways. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:58:33 | Channel 7, ABC-TV Chicago, has a helicopter circling overhead, according to police. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:57:34 | Buses shuttling volunteers from the Lake Forest Costco parking lot to the scene. Police trying to find another gathering spot for the transporting buses. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:55:35 | Police are asking for more manpower to divert vehicular traffic moving through the area. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:46:37 | Police are evacuating themselves from the area. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:37:49 | Lake Forest Police are in command. They have issued portable police radios to responding PD's so that all use the same frequency. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:34:23 | A Mettawa Safety Officer is helping by knocking on doors and telling residents to evacuate the area. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:29:47 | Lincolnshire Police assisting. | EDITOR |
| 2013-1249 | 09:25:20 | Police are telling nearby home owners to evacuate. Bomb Squad is at the site. | EDITOR |