2 dead after SWAT team responds to call of woman possibly held against will by boyfriend

Saturday, March 19, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people have died after a SWAT team was called out to a home on the city's South Side at about 9:45 p.m. Friday.

Chicago police said they received a call for a well-being check on a woman possibly held against her will by her boyfriend near East 84th Street and South Mackinaw Avenue.
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When officers arrived at the home, a man closed the curtains and police heard gunshots.

A male offender, 30, was found along with a female victim, 20, in the residence. Both sustained gunshot wounds to the head and were pronounced dead on the scene.
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The situation is clear and the area was blocked off for several hours. No officers were injured, police said.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the incident, police said.
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