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Man found dead after SWAT barricade situation at Chicago hotel

By Sun-Times Media Wire
Updated  September 8, 2021 4:39pm CDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 32 Chicago

SWAT situation at West Ridge hotel

Police said a male barricaded himself in a hotel room in Pulaski Park. A SWAT team was called to the scene.

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.

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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