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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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SWAT team called for armed man barricaded in East Garfield Park apartment: police

Chicago police respond to an armed man barricaded in a home in the 3600 block of West Franklin, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

The SWAT team is responding Wednesday to an apartment in East Garfield Park for reports of an armed man who is barricaded inside.

SWAT units were called about 7:20 p.m. after a 30-year-old man fired a gun and then shut himself inside a second-floor apartment in the 3600 block of West Franklin Boulevard, Chicago police said.

The man is alone inside the apartment, police said. No injuries have been reported.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

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