The man had been seen waving what appeared to be guns and blow torch on top of a scaffolding with an anti-Semitic sign, the Chicago flag, the Ukrainian flag, and an upside down American flag.
A man was found dead inside an abandoned warehouse in West Humboldt Park after an hours long standoff with a police SWAT team, Chicago police said.A man was found dead inside an abandoned warehouse in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood after a more than 12-hour standoff with a police SWAT team.
Chicago police said they responded to the incident in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue just after 11 a.m. Friday. The man who police believed was armed was seen on top of the building waving what appeared to be guns and a blow torch. Video from Chopper 7HD showed the scaffolding the man was using to display an anti-Semitic sign, the Chicago flag, the Ukrainian flag, and an upside down American flag which is a universal sign of distress.In a statement issued early Saturday morning, police said after officers arrived, the man entered the building "and refused to exit the premises."
"SWAT officers made entry into the building and discovered a male adult deceased on scene," said police, who didn't say what time officers made entry and found the man.
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