Man In Custody After Barricade Situation At Boystown Hotel

Chicago police investigate a barricade situation July 23, 2019 in the 3400 block of North Broadway
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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man was arrested after barricading himself inside a Boystown hotel for about five hours overnight on the North Side.

SWAT officers took the man into custody at 4:37 a.m., according to police. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center for a mental evaluation.

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