A SWAT team is still on the scene in West Humboldt Park late Friday evening after reports of a man armed with what appeared to be a flamethrower on top of a roof prompted a standoff around 9 a.m.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.A man with a potential flamethrower stands atop a building in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue on June 2, 2023, which prompted a response from ATF and Chicago's SWAT.
Eric McNair, an Austin area resident, told reporters at the scene that the man’s behavior had been drawing attention for the last several months.A Chicago police SWAT vehicle uses a battering ram to confront a suspect in a barricade situation in a building in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue on June 2, 2023, in Chicago.
“He’s on a loudspeaker, you know, speaking anti-Semitic things. He’s always playing anti-Semitic music,” McNair said. “This is something they have to deal with on a daily basis.” On Thursday, community members in West Humboldt Park had shared concerns about the man after he had been prominently displaying a red and yellow swastika sign from scaffolding atop the building, which is near Orr Academy High School.
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