Chicago ? A slain woman’s relatives were upset Friday by the way police handled a 23-hour Thanksgiving Day standoff in her apartment building that ended with a gunman killing the 22-year-old and himself.

Negotiators had tried for hours to coax Lance Johnson, 21, to release his hostage and end the standoff, said First Deputy Superintendent Dana Starks. But SWAT team members ended up rushing the third-floor apartment after the sound of a gunshot around 1 a.m. Friday, he said.

Frustrated relatives and neighbors said police should have done more to end the standoff. A group of about 10 people angrily questioned police who arrived at the apartment Friday afternoon.

“I think police could have gotten more control of the situation and could have gotten there before,” said Donzell McKinzie, 23, whose sister Tasha Cooks was killed. “We’ve just been crying all day.”

Police said Cooks and Johnson were the only people in the apartment but have not said whether they knew each other. Family members said they were neighbors.