A tense nine-hour police standoff in Englewood ended early Friday when a man who had barricaded himself inside a home was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to authorities. Chicago police said officers were first called around 4:30 p.m. Thursday to the 5700 block of South May Street for reports of a person with a gun. The situation stretched late into the night as SWAT and crisis negotiators worked the scene. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., SWAT officers went inside and found the man with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and an autopsy was scheduled.
Timeline and police account
Officers initially responded to the South May Street address on a report of an armed person around 4:30 p.m……