Man found dead after SWAT barricade situation at Chicago hotel
CHICAGO - Police were involved in a standoff Wednesday with a person who barricaded themselves in a hotel room in Pulaski Park.
Officers responded about 1:10 p.m. after a male barricaded himself in a room at a hotel in the 6000 block of North Lincoln Avenue, according to Chicago police.
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A SWAT team was called to the scene, police said.
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Authorities found the man dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound upon entering his hotel room, police said.
Further information was not released.
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