No one injured after CPD SWAT team responds to barricade situation at North Side motel, police say

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
No one injured in North Side motel barricade situation: CPD
No one was injured after a Chicago police SWAT team responded to a barricade situation at the Rodeway Inn on North Lincoln Avenue, CPD said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago police SWAT team responded to a far North Side motel early Tuesday morning, after a man barricaded himself inside, CPD said.

Officers responded about 4:40 a.m. to the Rodeway Inn, located in the 6600-block of North Lincoln Avenue, for a report of a 49-year-old man barricaded alone inside a room, police said.

The SWAT team could be seen breaking down a door to a room about 6 a.m.

The man was taken to Swedish Hospital for a mental health evaluation.

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No one was injured in the incident.

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