
Police are responding to reports of a suspicious person who may have a knife Tuesday near a grade school in Norwood Park on the Northwest Side.
Someone called 911 at 1:26 p.m. to report a suspicious person looking at houses in the 5900 block of North Nina Avenue, according to preliminary details from Chicago police. The caller said the person might have a knife.
Norwood Park School is located nearby at 5900 N. Nina.
Chicago Public Schools officials and staff at the school’s main office could not immediately confirm whether the school was placed on a lockdown as a result of the police response.