89-Year Old Shot To Death Before SWAT Standoff

CHICAGO - An 89-year-old woman was killed and a 39-year-old woman seriously wounded before a SWAT standoff on the South Side of Chicago that lasted for hours. Chicago police say a 19-year-old man is in custody after the situation that unfolded early Monday morning in the 7000 block of South Prairie Avenue.

Police responded to an apartment on the block around 1:30 a.m., when they found the 39-year-old in the stairwell with a gunshot wound to the face. At the time, the man barricaded himself in a second floor apartment. The victim told police that the barricaded man had fired several shots inside the building.

It was later confirmed that an 89-year-old woman was also shot. She was pronounced decease at the scene, according to police.

Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said a standoff between police and the teenage suspect lasted for four hours. He reported on Twitter just after 8 a.m. that he was taken into custody. A separate statement from police says he was taken to St. Bernard Hospital in Englewood.

The situation appears to have been domestic-related, police said.

#ChicagoPolice SWAT has an adult male in custody after a 4 hour standoff at a residence in the 7000 Blk. S. Prairie. Two females inside the residence were found shot - 89 yo female was deceased on scene & 39 yo female is in serious condition at area hospital. pic.twitter.com/paNntHJKNk
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) October 15, 2018

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