Chicago Trump Tower locked down over rifle-wielding woman

SWAT team responded to incident at luxury high-rise in the city

(NBC Chicago)

Trump Tower in Chicago was locked down and a SWAT team responded after a woman brandishing a rifle walked into the luxury building.

Officers were called to the Trump International Hotel and Tower on Wednesday morning after the alarming incident took place at around 11.25am CT.

Law enforcement sources told The Chicago Sun-Times that the incident was believed to be a domestic one in nature and not terrorism-related.

The newspaper reported that once the woman entered the 100-storey building she made her way to an apartment on the 27th floor.

Chicago Police Department told NBC 5 that they had responded to a “call of service” at the skyscraper on the city’s Wabash Avenue.

“SWAT officers are on-scene in the 400 block of N. Wabash for a domestic-related incident. At this time, we believe this is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public,” CPD tweeted.

Police radio traffic said that the woman had said that “she was tired of being abused by her husband”, reported the Sun-Times.

A resident of Trump Tower, who identified himself only as Steve, told WBBM what he had seen.

Steve lives at Trump Tower. He tells @WBBMNewsradio what happened when he stepped outside this morning.

Some residents are still not allowed back into the building. Chicago Police say they’ll have a statement shortly. pic.twitter.com/W0B5GrgZOK

— Rachel Pierson (@WBBMRachel) April 5, 2023

“I was just doing some housework and some cooking and I decided to take some air,” he told the radio station. “I came down to the lobby and I was quickly escorted away from the lobby, out of the building and was told not to come back until it was clear.”

“I asked several times what was going on and they wouldn’t acknowledge.”

The incident was brought to a peaceful conclusion on Wednesday afternoon with one person taken to hospital for evaluation, according to NBC Chicago.

No one was injured in the incident and no arrests were made.