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Heroic Hardware Store Team Foils Illinois Hostage Situation and Saves Local Mom

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CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — On Monday morning, a visibly shaken young man sprinted from his apartment across the street to Thrifty Hardware & Home Center in Cahokia Heights, desperately seeking assistance.

The story he shared shocked law enforcement: both he and his mother had been forcibly held captive, subjected to repeated beatings, gun threats, and were unable to call for help over several days.

Authorities report that 28-year-old Johnny J. Turner Jr., an ex-boyfriend of the young man’s mother, broke into their Jerome Lane apartment and kept them hostage, inflicting violence over multiple days.

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