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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Violet Miller

Humboldt Park residents say they reported swastika, erratic behavior of man dead after police standoff, but ‘no one was listening’

A man holds what appears to be a gun on Friday while standing on a makeshift platform atop a Humboldt Park building in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue during a standoff with police. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Neighbors of a man involved in a standoff with Chicago police Friday after he was seen brandishing a gun from the roof of a Humboldt Park building said they have been trying to bring attention to the situation for more than a year.

The man, who later took his own life inside the building in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue, had been the subject of more than 40 calls for service since January 2022, a police department source told the Sun-Times.

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