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SWAT team responds to man barricaded with gun in West Englewood home

Officers responded to a call of a person with a gun in the 6800 block of South Elizabeth Street around 12:20 p.m., police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Updated

A man was fatally shot and another wounded July 8, 2021, in Wentworth Gardens.

A Chicago police SWAT team responded to a man barricaded inside of a home with a gun Monday afternoon in West Englewood.

Officers responded to a call of a person with a gun in the 6800 block of South Elizabeth Street around 12:20 p.m., then called the SWAT team, police said.

The standoff was ongoing at 4:45 p.m. and no injuries were reported.

Additional details were not released.

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