Barricaded Man Triggers Hours-Long SWAT Standoff on Lori Lightfoot's Logan Square Block
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An armed man barricaded himself inside a Wrightwood Avenue home in Logan Square after a domestic dispute, prompting hours of police negotiations as a SWAT team surrounded the block; a hostage was released to first responders, negotiators urged the man to surrender, and transit was rerouted (CTA 82 Kimball/Homan) while officials gathered details. Mayor Lori Lightfoot lives on the block, but police had not publicly confirmed the full circumstances of the standoff by afternoon.
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