UPDATE 11:55 PM:
Police and SWAT units responded to the 500 block of E Denny Way after somebody fired a small caliber gun from a first floor apartment window into an apartment unit in an adjacent building around 8 PM tonight. In what an SPD spokesperson described as ‘an abundance of caution,’ police and SWAT units cordoned of E Denny Way from Summit to Boylston as they attempted to contact the man they believed fired the shot.

The headline on this post has been changed to reflect the latest information available from SPD. Latest updates below.

Original Post 10:44 PM:
Playing catch-up on an unfolding story of a police standoff reported by a handful of CHS tipsters tonight. Here’s a series of reports from one describing what she’s seen. We also have a report that came in at 10:20 PM of police evacuating at least one apartment building in the area. More as we learn it.

• 9PM: A friend lives at that intersection and just came home (he lives across from Amante) to find the intersection blocked off by police roaming the area in Kevlar. He hasn’t been able to figure out what’s up yet.
• 9:23 PM Intersection blocked with police tape/cars down Denny from Summit to Boylston. My friend just heard police on megaphone talking to someone in an apartment.
• 10:30 PM Seems to be some kind of standoff. Friend at the other end of Denny said there’s talk of someone armed in an apartment nearby. Said police have been there for a while and are acting fairly nonchalant.