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Two In Custody After SWAT Team Standoff In Jefferson Park

CHICAGO (CBS) -- An apparent argument among neighbors ended with shots fired and a SWAT team standoff with the gunman overnight in the Jefferson Park neighborhood.

Police said around 10:30 p.m. yesterday, officers responded to a call of shots fired and a man waving a gun around near Higgins and Foster after an earlier altercation with a neighbor.

When officers arrived, two people had holed up in an apartment with a weapon, and were refusing to come out.

A SWAT team was called in, and two suspects were arrested around 2:15 a.m. Charges were pending against one man and one woman. A weapon was recovered at the scene.

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