Police negotiators tried to resolve a barricade situation in Chicago’s Northside yesterday, but their 12 hour efforts were to no avail. Police were originally called to a home in the 3600 block of North Tripp Avenue shortly after 7 a.m. responding to a report that a man was threatening to kill himself. more ›

While Chicago Police have not officially confirmed it, other authorities and several media outlets have stated that the man who holed himself up in a Logan Square apartment building yesterday evening was Tyler James Martin, a former McHenry resident accused of killing his girlfriend (Amber Kathleen Cremeens, also a former McHenry resident) in Denver earlier this week. The standoff ended when Martin committed suicide around 7:30 p.m. Authorities in the Denver area had warned local police that Martin was likely on the run and planning to return to the Chicago area to see family. more ›

Chicago Police shot and killed an unnamed man late last night in a shoot-out in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the city's South Side. The incident began around 10:30 p.m. last night when police approached what they deemed to be a suspicious man at the intersection of West 79th and South Justine Streets. The man opened fire on the officers, striking one in the shoe, and then took cover in a gangway outside of a building in the 7900 block of South Bishop Street. SWAT team members and a police helicopter were called for additional help. The gunman then opened fire once again, firing at both the helicopter and the SWAT team, striking one member in his protective vest. SWAT team members and police returned fire, fatally wounding the man. Neither the officer nor the SWAT team member were injured in the shooting. The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates incidents where police shoot suspects was on the scene. Spokesman Mark Payne offered only, “I know there were shots fired by police.’’ more ›