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Arrest Made After SWAT Responds of Gunfire in Lawndale
A barricaded person was arrested after a police SWAT team responded to gunfire Sunday in the Lawndale neighborhood.
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Man Arrested After Firing Shots in South Loop SWAT Standoff: Police
An armed man was arrested after allegedly firing shots Thursday during a two-hour standoff with police at a South Loop apartment. No injuries were reported in the SWAT barricade that ended about 12:45 p.m. Officers responded at 10:30 a.m. that morning for a gunman holed up in an apartment building in the 1400 block of South Wabash Avenue, according to…
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Man Found Dead After SWAT Standoff in Lake View: Chicago Police
A person was found dead Sunday evening when the SWAT team forced their way into an apartment Lake View on the North Side. SWAT officers were called about 6 p.m. after police were confronted by a male, who then locked himself inside an apartment in the 500 block of West Aldine Avenue, Chicago police said. The SWAT team entered the…
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Skokie Carjacking Leads to SWAT Standoff in Cragin
A carjacking Sunday in north suburban Skokie led to a SWAT standoff in Cragin on the Northwest Side. About 6:37 p.m., officers responded to reports of the carjacking in the parking garage at Westfield Old Orchard mall, Skokie police said. A man told police two male suspects had stolen his gray Infiniti sedan at gunpoint and sped off on the…
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Cops' Love for SWAT May Be Putting Your Community in Danger
Small cities often don’t have the resources to meet recommended standards but roll out SWAT teams anyway
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Small-Town SWAT May Be Endangering Your Community
Small towns that don’t have the staffing or money to maintain a SWAT unit properly are doing it anyway. And it’s endangering innocent lives. The mother of a 19-month-old boy, maimed by a SWAT team’s flash grenade, said it was like being “attacked by a vicious pack of dogs…it changed everything.” Unfortunately, mistakes are happening in small communities across...
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Evanston Man Charged after Rogers Park SWAT Standoff
A north suburban Evanston man is facing a felony weapons charge after an hours-long armed standoff with a SWAT team Wednesday night in Rogers Park on the North Side. Kyle Samuels, 29, is charged with a felony count of being an armed habitual criminal, according to Chicago police. He also faces a misdemeanor count of reckless conduct. Samuels was seen…
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Man in Custody After Barricading in NW Side Apartment with Crossbow
A man was arrested after barricading himself inside an apartment with a crossbow Thursday on the Northwest Side. Neighbors called police about 11:45 p.m. to report that the 60-year-old man was playing music loudly and pointed a crossbow at one of them in an apartment building in the 5100 block of North East River Road, Chicago police said. He was…
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SWAT Officers to Start Riding CTA Trains Amid Spike in Crime
Chicago police SWAT team officers will start patrolling CTA trains to get a handle on rising mass transit violence, interim Police Supt. Charlie Beck announced Friday. Beck and Mayor Lori Lightfoot are expected to unveil a more extensive CTA security plan next week. The announcement comes after a recent wave of crime at CTA stations. On Thursday, a 23-year-old man…
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SWAT Officers Say Dramatic Lake Rescue was Just Part of the Job
It was more than a case of being in the right place at the right time when Chicago SWAT officers Shane Coleman and Peter Jonas pulled a man from the frozen waters of Lake Michigan Saturday Morning.
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Top Five: See How Safe or Dangerous Your CTA Station Ranks
NBC 5 Investigates NBC 5 looked at crimes reported on CTA platforms, stations, and rapid-transit stations. See the top five most dangerous CTA stations for violent crime and the ones with the least.
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SWAT Officers Respond to Man Barricaded in Near West Side Home: Police
SWAT officers were responding to a call of a man with a gun on Chicago’s Near West Side Wednesday morning. According to police, a person was barricaded inside an apartment in the 2700 block of West Gladys. Authorities said they received a call around 8:45 a.m. from someone who said a man with a gun was shooting at them in…
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Man Wanted in Michigan Murder Arrested After SWAT Situation in Montgomery
SWAT officers stormed an apartment in southwest suburban Montgomery Tuesday morning, rescuing an infant and arresting a man wanted in connection with a murder in Michigan, authorities said. Montgomery police, Kane County Sheriff’s deputies and the Kane County SWAT team were called to the scene of an incident around 5:30 a.m. in the 700 block of Oakton Drive. According to…
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Gary Police Shooting Connected to Merrillville Homicide: Cops
A shooting in which two Gary police officers were injured and a suspect was fatally shot Monday night is connected to the homicide of a woman who was found dead at a Merrillville hotel, police confirmed. On Monday afternoon, Gary police responded to a location in the 2500 block of Waverly Drive, which is at the Westbrook Apartment complex, to…
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Suspect in Motel Murder Killed in Police Shootout
A man is dead after wounding two police officers during a shootout in northwest Indiana. Now we’re learning that prior to the shootout, he strangled a woman to death in a motel room. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey has the details.
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Gary Police Shooting Connected to Merrillville Homicide: Cops
A shooting in which two Gary police officers were injured and a suspect was fatally shot Monday night is connected to the homicide of a woman who was found dead at a Merrillville hotel, police confirmed. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Portage Park SWAT Situation Ends After Hours-Long Standoff
A barricade situation in Portage Park Friday has been resolved after a nearly seven-hour standoff with police.
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SWAT Standoff Ends With Arrest on West Side
A standoff between Chicago police and a man with a gun Friday ended peacefully in Fifth City on the West Side.
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Fort Worth SWAT Deploys New, Non-Lethal Weapon to Lasso Suspects
Fort Worth Police Department SWAT officers are the first in the country to deploy a new, non-lethal weapon that uses a rope to lasso a person’s arms or legs.
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3 Being Questioned After Lincoln Park SWAT Incident
A SWAT incident ended peacefully on Sunday morning in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, as three people have been taken in for questioning.