Police Say a Man Was Killed and a Suspect Barricaded Himself Inside a Home

Hours after a fatal shooting near West Adams, police arrested a suspect Saturday night following an eight-hour SWAT standoff, authorities said.

Officers were called about 1:30 p.m. to the area of 23rd Street and Arlington Avenue in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. They found a man on the ground with a gunshot wound. As officers moved in to aid him, a man inside a nearby home opened fire, forcing police to take cover and request SWAT support.

Crisis negotiators tried repeatedly to contact the suspect, who remained barricaded and refused to cooperate, police said. Shortly after 9 p.m., officers took him into custody. He was taken to a hospital with injuries; investigators have not determined whether he was wounded

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