SWAT

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…

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…

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…

Small cities often don’t have the resources to meet recommended standards but roll out SWAT teams anyway

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...

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.