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No Injuries Reported After Barricade Situation In Austin

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A suicidal person barricaded himself inside a home for nearly two hours late Monday in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

SWAT team members were called about 10:45 p.m. Monday to the 1100 block of North Waller, where the male was threatening suicide, according to Chicago Police.

About 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, he walked outside and was taken to a hospital for evaluation, police said. The male, whose age was not known, was not injured.

Additional details were not immediately available.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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