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Edgewater Barricade Situation Ends Peacefully: Police

(CBS) -- A man with a gun held police at bay for more than 2 ½ hours Thursday night in the city's north side Edgewater neighborhood.

Police say officers were called to the 5600 block of North Magnolia Avenue at about 6:15 p.m. by reports of a man barricading himself with a gun in his home, possibly with a child.

A SWAT team and a hostage negotiator were brought in, as were paramedics. In the end, police made entry shortly before 9 p.m. and found only the man inside.

No one was hurt.  Fire Department paramedics transported the man to Weiss Memorial Hospital for evaluation.

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