One person was taken into custody by Chicago police on Saturday evening following a barricade situation and officer-involved shooting on the city's West Side.
The situation unfolded prior to 3:15 p.m. near West 80th Street and South Western Avenue in the city's Ashburn neighborhood.
Video captured by an NBC Chicago photographer at the scene showed a large number of police personnel, including heavily armed SWAT officers, along a blocked-off Western Avenue. At around 8 p.m., police said the situation was over and one person had been taken into custody.
COPA, Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability, said on social media at around 4:15 p.m. that it was responding to a police-involved shooting near 8010 South Western Avenue. Anyone with information on the incident was urged to call COPA at 312-746-3609 or submit information on its website.
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