CHICAGO --
A police standoff was under control on Wednesday morning in Rogers Park, leaving a man in his 20s dead and an unknown number of suspects in custody on the Far North Side.
The situation was under control about 5:20 a.m., according to police news affairs officer Hector Alfaro.
Details on how the scene was secured and how many suspects are in custody were not immediately available, Alfaro said.
NBC5's Kim Vatis reported that at least one man was arrested by police, possibly two.
A man in his 20s was pronounced dead at 2:13 a.m. at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. The man’s identity was unknown immediately, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Police said the man in his 20s was shot in the back in the 6200 block of North Claremont Avenue about 1 a.m., according to a report from the police First Deputy Superintendent's office.
Following the shooting, a man who might be the shooter he was holed-up in an apartment building at 6259 N. Claremont Ave. until the situation was brought under control, said Alfaro, who said police had not fired any shots and the man was believed to be alone.
"It’s an H.B.T. thing," according to Alfaro, who said the man is "possibly the offender that police are looking for." Alfaro did not know if the shooting happened inside the apartment or out on the street.
Belmont Area detectives are investigating.
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