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Man In Custody After Shots Fired Outside Chicago Federal Building, DHS Says
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 20, 6:33 AM CDT
updated Oct 20, 6:33 AM CDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WLS-TV and WMAQ-TV, not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A man is in custody following reports of an active shooter and shots fired near the Chicago Federal Building in the Loop, WMAQ-TV and WLS-TV reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (2), version 4, Oct 20, 5:20 PM CDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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