Man charged after barricading himself in Pilsen building

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Piotr Topor | Chicago Police

A man was ordered held on a $70,000 bond Thursday on a charge that he fired a gun after he barricading himself inside a Pilsen neighborhood building Wednesday afternoon for more than four hours.

Piotr Topor, 64, faces a felony count of aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied building, according to Chicago Police.

Officers responded to a call of a man with a gun at a home in the 2100 block of West 21st Street at 11:22 a.m., police said.

A SWAT team responded, and the 64-year-old surrendered without incident about 4 p.m., police said.

A judge set bail at $70,000 for Topor, who lives in the 2100 block of West 18th Street, according to police and court records. His next court date wasn’t immediately available.

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