Police Respond To Reports Of Rifle-Wielding Woman At Trump Tower In Chicago

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A SWAT team was dispatched To Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago on Wednesday (April 5). According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a woman armed with a rifle stormed into the lobby of the building.

The Chicago Police Department confirmed it is responding to the incident and said there is no threat to the public.

"At this time, we believe this is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public," the Chicago Police Department's Office of Communications & News Affairs wrote on Twitter.

Officers have shut down the streets around the building and are focused near the main entrance.

The Chigaco Sun-Times reported the woman said that "she was tired of being abused by her husband" before going to the 27th floor of the hotel and residential tower.

The woman was eventually arrested and taken to the hospital for evaluation. No injuries were reported. Authorities did not release any further information about the incident.


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