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11-24-2006, 07:19 AM
By ASHLEY HEHER, Associated Press Writer
A gunman and a female hostage were killed during a 23-hour standoff on the city's South Side, police said early Friday.
The gunman apparently shot the hostage and then himself, police said.
"At no time did the Chicago Police Department fire a weapon," 1st Deputy Superintendent Dana Starks said at a press briefing.
Starks said the gunman and victim were the only people found in the apartment. An additional hostage may have escaped earlier, he said.
The standoff began early Thursday after an armed man took his young neighbor hostage inside their apartment building.
Police SWAT team members entered the apartment just after 1 a.m. Friday after officers heard a shot fired, Starks said.
Inside, police found the gunman and his 22-year-old hostage gravely wounded. The two were transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead, Starks said.
Police have not yet released their identities. Starks confirmed that the two were neighbors, but added "the extent of their relationship we don't know."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_re_us/chicago_hostage_standoff&printer=1
A gunman and a female hostage were killed during a 23-hour standoff on the city's South Side, police said early Friday.
The gunman apparently shot the hostage and then himself, police said.
"At no time did the Chicago Police Department fire a weapon," 1st Deputy Superintendent Dana Starks said at a press briefing.
Starks said the gunman and victim were the only people found in the apartment. An additional hostage may have escaped earlier, he said.
The standoff began early Thursday after an armed man took his young neighbor hostage inside their apartment building.
Police SWAT team members entered the apartment just after 1 a.m. Friday after officers heard a shot fired, Starks said.
Inside, police found the gunman and his 22-year-old hostage gravely wounded. The two were transported to a hospital and later pronounced dead, Starks said.
Police have not yet released their identities. Starks confirmed that the two were neighbors, but added "the extent of their relationship we don't know."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061124/ap_on_re_us/chicago_hostage_standoff&printer=1