A SWAT team responded to a Chicago Lawn home Thursday after a person suspected of shooting and critically wounding a man barricaded himself inside.
The person was suspected of shooting a 69-year-old man in the 5900 block of South Richmond Street about 4:30 p.m., police said. The man was struck in the neck and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The alleged gunman then barricaded himself inside a home, police said. A SWAT team was called to the scene.
The man was taken into custody about 8:55 p.m., police said. Charges were pending.
