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Police respond to barricade with armed man near May St

Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
03:20
00:00
714 units in seven and citywide, person with a gun, (number withheld) South May, (number withheld) South First Floor.
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S May St, Chicago, IL 60621
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police were dispatched to a residence near South May Street after reports of an intoxicated man threatening to harm himself with a firearm. Family members were evacuated while the individual barricaded himself in a bedroom at the rear of the home. Officers established a perimeter and slowed incoming units due to a high number of responders. The situation was treated as a possible suicide threat and barricade incident.

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