MARENGO – The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team was called in Saturday after a man pointed a handgun at deputies trying to serve a warrant and later barricaded himself in the basement of his Marengo Township home.

Deputies fired at Edward P. Bolen, 49, of 2905 Northwest Road, Marengo, after he pointed the gun at them, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. It was unclear whether Bolen’s handgun was loaded.

He was not injured by deputies’ gunfire. It also was not clear how many deputies were involved or how many shots authorities fired.