CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- An armed man was arrested Thursday after allegedly firing shots during a two-hour standoff with police at a South Loop apartment.
No injuries were reported in the SWAT barricade that ended at about 12:45 p.m., according to the Sun-Times.
According to Chicago police, officers responded at 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning for a gunman holed up in an apartment building in the 1400 block of South Wabash Avenue.
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After the man fired shots in the apartment, police negotiated with him and he surrendered himself, police said.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. A gun was recovered at the scene.
Police initially said the gunman took a hostage after a failed robbery attempt, but later said that he was alone during the barricade, the Sun-Times reported.
No charges have been filed.