SWAT situation draws attention on Chicago’s South Side

Yeah guys, I'm right on 68th and South Wabash. The incident, the SWAT incident is happening right on Wabash in between 68th and Marquette. I'm going to get out of the way so you can see because we have seen some changes but not major changes here. A last half hour when I checked in there was about a dozen SWAT officers right at that armored vehicle in the center of Wabash. Since we talked with you we saw some of them walking over to that gray stone and just to the right of that vehicle on Wabash kind of looking around going up the stairs checking what looked like We'll be right back. Police vehicle drive by. Also, another police vehicle has come and blocked off the alley in between Wabash and Michigan. It's a little hard to see from where we're standing, but we saw that paddy wagon kind of park in that alley and it's just sitting there. There's an armored vehicle also in the alley in between Wabash and Michigan, almost even with the armored vehicle that is right here on Wabash. We also saw a third armored vehicle on Marquette in between. A Wabash and Michigan, so they're forming almost like a triangle. With one on Wabash, one in the alley between Wabash and Michigan, and then one armored vehicle right on Marquette in between Wabash and Michigan. But again, we haven't seen a lot of movement here. Chicago police not confirming much either, only saying that there's a SWAT incident right now on this block, which we can see. If you take a look at Sky Fox, though, you can see that armored vehicle that is in the middle of that alley. You can kind of see that triangle of armored vehicles forming around here. Now, we also have talked to a couple of residents off camera to get a little better idea. They tell me police haven't told them much of what's going on either, but I do have some timestamps. So we got here around 8.30, a little before 8.30, and saw this entire presence. I talked with the resident. We're watching Chicago police walk back behind that. Graystone right now, too. That's where we've seen some of the SWAT kind of look around a few minutes ago. But residents told me that they saw this type of presence since 7.30. And then another resident said she came out around 6 o'clock and saw a smaller police presence. So police may have been here since about 6 in the morning. But again, we have not had that confirmed from Chicago police. From Chicago police, they have not confirmed that with us. We also don't know much about the incident that is going on here, guys. But we'll be here throughout the morning trying to find out more. Again, all the SWATs seem to have moved from that armored vehicle. They're all... Now further north on Wabash, I believe it's hard for us to see right now, but I did see them all walking in that direction. Again, not a lot of info from police other than a SWAT incident is happening here on South Wabash in between 68th Street and Marquette. We'll be here trying to find out more, but I'll send it back to you guys for now.