Chicago

1 in Custody After SWAT Team Responds to Northwest Side Robbery

One person was in custody after a SWAT team responded to a busy intersection on Chicago’s Northwest Side Tuesday afternoon in response to an armed robbery, police confirmed.

The SWAT team surrounded a building in Logan Square neighborhood near Diversey Parkway and Kedzie Avenue, police said. The situation started, police said, as an armed robbery at in the 2700 block of North Milwaukee Avenue.

The robbery did not occur at a bank but the FBI was assisting Chicago police with resources, the FBI confirmed.

The FBI also confirmed a suspect or multiple suspects robbed a "private store" and were then tracked to a nearby residence.

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