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Man hospitalized after barricade, standoff in Rogers Park

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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was taken to an area hospital for a mental health evaluation Tuesday evening after holding police in a standoff in Rogers Park.

At 5:16 p.m., police were called for a wellbeing check in the 7700 block of North Paulina Street, in the North of Howard section of Rogers Park.

They found a man had barricaded himself inside a home. A SWAT team was called to the scene and a standoff ensued.

The incident was ultimately resolved with the man being taken to an unspecified hospital for a mental health evaluation.

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