Bank robbery suspect found dead after hourslong SWAT standoff in Austin
CHICAGO - A man was found dead in his Austin home after a nearly 20-hour standoff with a police SWAT team Wednesday.
About 9 a.m., FBI agents were executing an arrest warrant in the 5400 block of West Walton Street on a man suspected of federal bank robbery charges when the man barricaded himself inside the home, according to Chicago Police and the FBI.
After hourslong deliberation with Crisis Negotiators, a SWAT team entered the home and found the man dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.
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The Cook County medical examiner identified the man as 35-year-old Jean Carlos Mateo.
CPD is conducting a death investigation.