SWAT

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

A barricade situation in Portage Park Friday has been resolved after a nearly seven-hour standoff with police.

A standoff between Chicago police and a man with a gun Friday ended peacefully in Fifth City on the West Side.

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.

A man is facing multiple felony charges after he barricaded himself inside a South Shore neighborhood store Friday morning with a bag of knives.

A person was in custody Friday afternoon after he barricaded himself inside a South Shore neighborhood store with a bag of knives.

Police said they have found human remains while investigating after a police standoff and fiery explosion on Quinnipiac Avenue in North Haven Wednesday night that injured 10 police officers.

A man is in custody and the area is safe after a barricade incident on Chicago’s North Side, police officials say.

A SWAT team responded to barricade situation on Chicago’s Far South Side Tuesday after a woman was shot in the legs, police said.