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6-Hour SWAT Standoff In South Chicago Ends Peacefully

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A SWAT standoff that had police ducking bullets and lasted nearly six hours ended peacefully Thursday night when the 24-year-old man involved surrendered.

Just before 3 Thursday afternoon officers were called to 81st and Crandon in South Chicago after a report of gunfire.

When they got there, police say the man shot at them and then barricaded himself inside the home.

He surrendered to SWAT officers around 8:30 p.m.

No one was injured during the incident, police say.

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