SWAT Response Ends ‘Without Incident' on Chicago's Near North Side: Police

SWAT teams were engaged in an hours-long incident on Chicago's Near North Side Sunday afternoon, according to police. 

Around 2:39 p.m., officers responded to a call at an apartment building in the 300 block of West Evergreen Ave in the city's Old Town neighborhood, police said. 

A 911 caller reported hearing a woman screaming for help, according to police. 

Authorities issued a warning to avoid the area, and SWAT was called "out of an abundance of caution" because of the nature of the call and the history at that address, police said. 

The occupants of the apartment exited on their own at 8:09 p.m., police said, and the situation was resolved without incident.

No one will be taken into custody and no charges are pending, according to police. 

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