SWAT response ends with gunman detained in Logan Square

A second-floor window is illuminated while police search for a gunman in the 3000 block of West Wellington on August 28, 2024 (Citizen App)

CHICAGO — A man is in custody after a Chicago Police Department SWAT team was called in to handle a “shots fired” incident in Logan Square on Wednesday night.

Witnesses called 911 around 10 p.m., reporting that a man had fired shots from a back yard and a second-floor window in the 3000 block of West Wellington. According to CPD, responding officers saw a man with a gun enter a home, and they summoned the SWAT team.

Police removed several people from the building and eventually took one person into custody, according to CPD.

Update: Charges have been filed. (Story here)

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