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SWAT Team Called To Bronzeville Apartment For Barricade Situation; Man Taken To Hospital

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A SWAT team responded to an armed man barricaded inside an apartment in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

Police said a man threatened a woman with a gun during a verbal altercation. The woman was able to run out of the house and call for help just before 2:45 a.m.

Police said the man barricaded himself in the apartment in the 5000 block of South Michigan Avenue.

According to police, the man exited the apartment building and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

The area near 51st and Michigan was reopened just before 6:30 a.m.

This is a developing story. 
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