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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Person in custody after barricade situation at Boystown hotel

A person barricaded himself inside a hotel July 23, 2019 in Boystown on the North Side. | Sam Kelly/Sun-Times

A person barricaded himself inside a hotel Tuesday in Boystown on the North Side.

Officers responded to calls of a disturbance about 11:30 p.m. at a building in the 3400 block of North Broadway, Chicago police said. When they arrived, they found a male barricaded inside the Hawthorne Terrace Best Western at 3434 N. Broadway who refused to leave.

SWAT teams were called to the scene, police said. Hours later at about 4:50 a.m., officers on the scene confirmed the situation had been resolved.

The person was taken to an area hospital for a mental evaluation, police said.

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