St. Louis

Barricade Situation in West Side Building Ends Peacefully

A barricade situation at a West Side building ended peacefully Sunday after SWAT teams responded to the scene where a man who may have been armed was barricaded inside the building.

The man entered a building in the 1200 block of South St. Louis Avenue at about 12:15 p.m. Sunday, according to Chicago Police, who said the man might have been armed with a weapon.

SWAT teams responded to the incident, and a neighboring building was evacuated.

Authorities were questioning "persons of interest" after the barricade situation ended before 6 p.m.

No one was injured in the incident.

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