The man had been seen waving what appeared to be guns and a blow torch on top of scaffolding with an anti-Semitic sign, the Chicago flag, the Ukrainian flag and an upside down American flag.
A man was found dead inside an abandoned warehouse in West Humboldt Park after an hours long standoff with a police SWAT team, Chicago police said.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.
Officers responded shortly before 10 a.m. Friday to a report of a person with a gun on a roof, according to police, who said the man went inside and refused to come out. About 12 hours later, a SWAT team entered the building and found the man dead. Walker said she and others in the organization had reached out to city and state leaders about the Nazi symbol, including hand delivering letters to the offices of Ald. Emma Mitts , the mayor and governor. The group also made calls to 311 and the city's Department of Buildings, she said.RELATED: Man found dead after hours long standoff with SWAT team at West Humboldt Park warehouse
She first noticed the scaffolding tower on top of the building three years ago, saying her husband had called it a "hunter's nest" and described it as "very intimidating." Ekdahl offered that officials might not have understood or believed what she said she saw, but wondered if her concerns would have been ignored in a more affluent neighborhood.
A review of his social media accounts showed he had a history of making threats directed at government officials and had shared conspiracy theories.
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