Man stabbed in chest, critically wounded

Fights and a reported shooting have erupted on the scene where man was stabbed in the chest and critically hurt this afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood.
A man in his 20s was stabbed in the chest in the 2400 block of East 75th Street at 4:25 p.m..
Paramedics took the victim to Northwesten Memorial Hospital in critical condition

Man killed in Bridgeport stabbing

Chicago police are investigating the stabbing death of a man whose body was found on a Bridgeport street this morning.
The incident happened about 6:15 a.m. in the 3400 block of South Morgan Street.
The man had been stabbed multiple times, including once in the neck

West Englewood man charged with fatal stabbing of neighbor

A West Englewood man is accused of fatally stabbing a neighbor during an argument over a party at the man's house.
Cleotha Robinson, 54, was holding the party at his home in the 6600 block of Oakley Avenue early Sunday morning when he refused to let a 19-year-old man inside because alcohol was being served.
The 19-year-old got angry and began to curse and argue outside Robinson's home with a group of people.
One of Robinson's sons then went outside and got into a fight with the teen. Soon another one of Robinson's son joined the fight, Conklin said. As the fight esculated, Robinson and others left the party and went outside.
Robinson encouraged his sons to fight and was hit by others involved in the fight. Robinson pulled out a knife and stabbed a man.
The victim -- Dyshawn Turnage, 23, of the 6500 block of South Oakley Avenue -- was taken to Holy Cross Hospital. On the way, Turnage told paramedics he was stabbed by Robinson.
Turnage was pronounced dead shortly before 5 a.m. Sunday at Holy Cross Hospital.
Cook County Judge Israel Desierto set bail for Robinson at $300,000

Cops: Man stabbed, critically hurt during quarrel with girlfriend

A man was stabbed and critically hurt during an argument with his girlfriend on the city's South Side
The 32-year-old victim suffered multiple stab wounds during the quarrel that occurred at about 11:45 p.m. Monday inside an apartment in the 6300 block of South King Drive, police said.
The man was rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
UPDATE: A 24-year-old South Side woman faces misdemeanor domestic battery charges. Shatara Daron faces one count of domestic battery after she allegedly stabbed her 32-year-old boyfriend late Monday at her apartment in the Parkway Gardens complex in the 6300 block of South King Drive in the Woodlawn community.

Man killed in West Englewood stabbing

A 24-year-old man died after being stabbed early this morning near his home in the South Side's West Englewood neighborhood.
The incident happened about 3:20 a.m. in the 6600 block of South Oakley Avenue.
The man was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 4:51 a.m.,
The victim was identified as Dyshawn Turnage. His home address was on the same block where he was stabbed.

Man stabbed, critically hurt in West Loop lounge

A man defending his girlfriend from an unwanted advance was stabbed and critically injured this morning during a scuffle inside a trendy Near West Side lounge.
The incident happened at about 12:10 a.m. at the Plush lounge in the 1100 block of West Madison Street.
Witnesses told police that the 43-year-old victim was quarreling with another man when the second man pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim in the neck.
The victim was taken Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said. The attacker fled and remained at-large.
The altercation appeared to have started after the attacker began making passes at the victim's girlfriend. The victim stepped in and the heated argument led to the stabbing.

Woman found fatally stabbed in downtown hotel room

A Wisconsin woman was discovered fatally stabbed this morning inside a hotel room off Michigan Avenue.
The woman was found lying beside a bloody knife inside a room at the Hotel Felix at 111 W. Huron St. just after 12:30 a.m., officials said. She suffered multiple stab wounds, including wounds to the back of her neck.
The woman, identified as Sarai Michaels, of LaCrosse, Wis., was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy is scheduled for this morning.
UPDATE: A Lincoln Park man was charged today in the slaying of a LaCrosse, Wisc., woman found stabbed to death in a boutique hotel this week, police said.
Christopher Love, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder and soliciting for a prostitute in connection with the slaying of Sarai Michaels, 31

Man shot and stabbed to death on South Pulaski Road

A man was shot in his chest and possibly stabbed in the 400 block of South Pulaski Road at about 4 a.m., police said, citing preliminary reports.The Cook County medical examiner’s office was notified of the death.

Harassed homeless man stabs 2 on CTA platform (Now that's justice)

A homeless man stabbed two men who were harassing him on a downtown CTA 'L" platform early this morning.
The two men suffered minor wounds.
The incident happened about 2 a.m. on the Red Line's Jackson platform on the 300 block of South State Street.
One of the men, who was stabbed in the arm, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital as a precaution. The other man suffered a finger wound and was treated on the scene.
A police source said that the two men had harassed several people on the platform before turning their attention to a homeless man, who warned the pair to leave him alone.
When they refused, the man stabbed them and fled the scene.
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No charges are expected against the stabbing victims.

Man stabbed multiple times in Roseland neighborhood

A man is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times early Wednesday on the Far South Side Roseland neighborhood.

 The man -- an adult whose age wasn’t immediately known -- was found stabbed about 2:30 a.m. at 10836 S. Eggleston Ave.

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Five charged with beating, stabbing man to death in Little Village

Three men and two women have been charged with murder in the death of a 28-year-old man who was beaten and robbed after leaving a transgender bar in the Southwest Side’s Little Village neighborhood early Saturday.

Crystal Cruz, 28, of the 2200 bock of Dunmore Street in Joliet; Ramiro Carrillo, 21, of Cicero; Victor Redding, 21, of the 4800 block of South Winchester Avenue in Chicago; Jesus Cabrales, 25, of the 2800 block of South Kedvale Avenue; and Yessenia Torres, 25, of the 4100 block of West 26th Street, are charged with two counts each of first-degree murder for the death of Gumaro Chavez, Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said.

Torres was ordered held on $750,000 bond on Tuesday while the others were denied bond, Simonton said. All five will appear for a preliminary hearing on Oct. 7.

Chavez left La Cueva, a transgender bar, about 2:15 a.m. Saturday with the two women, and went to his car in the 2600 block of South Kedvale. Chavez got into the driver’s side; Cruz got into the front passenger seat; and Torres got into the back seat, court records indicated.

That’s when Cabrales and Redding approached. Cabrales opened the door and began striking Chavez, pulling him out of the car, prosecutors allege. They repeatedly struck Chavez in the head and tried to take money from him. Cruz told the others Chavez had money and began hitting him, prosecutors allege.

Cabrales, armed with a knife, allegedly stabbed Chavez multiple time, while Carillo approached from across the street and kicked him. During the beating, Torres left the car, returning shortly after to take a bag of beer from the back seat, according to court records.

Torres, Cruz and Carrillo left to go to Torres’ apartment, while Cabrales and Redding searched Chavez’s car, including the trunk. Cabrales then took off Chavez’s pants and fled with Redding to meet the others at Torres’ apartment with both the pants and the murder weapon, a knife, prosecutors allege.

A witness told police they saw Redding take the knife and Cabrales toss it off the back of an apartment balcony. It was later recovered by police on a nearby rooftop.

Cabrales and Redding then shred and bleached their clothes inside Torres’ apartment. Torres and Cruz returned to Chavez’s car minutes after the beating and drove away, court records said.

Chavez, left lying on the parkway, was dead when police arrived.

After the murder, Cruz and Torres went to another club, Mad Anthony’s, and then a McDonald’s later in the morning.

Prosecutors said Cabrales, Redding and Cruz told a witness about the beating and robbery. That witness described each defendant’s role in the beating and stabbing, which were also caught on video surveillance.

Chavez died of multiple blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said following an autopsy.

Cabrales, Redding and Carrillo admitted to their participation in the beating and Cruz admitted to being at the scene and taking the car. Torres admitted taking beer from the car during the beating and being with Cruz as they drove off after the beating

Man stabbed to death in Little Village neighborhood

An man was found dead with multiple stab wounds in the Little Village neighborhood this morning.
Someone called police to report a man getting beaten near the intersection of Kedvale Avenue and 26th Street. Police arrived at about 2:10 a.m. and found the man dead in the street.
Witnesses saw two men fleeing from the 4100 block of West 22nd Street after possibly beating on another person.
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Illegal alien charged in stabbing, bar fight over woman

A man remains behind bars Wednesday after a bar brawl in the Lincoln Square neighborhood that left a woman and her boyfriend hospitalized late Saturday.

 Jorge Hernandez, 28, was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery in a public place.

 The incident started late Saturday when Hernandez, of Irving, Tx., allegedly grabbed the woman’s buttocks at the Grafton Pub & Grill, 4522 N. Lincoln Ave.

 The woman’s boyfriend found out, confronted Hernandez and they began to fight. During the brawl Hernandez allegedly punched the woman and stabbed her boyfriend in the chest.

 The man stabbed was listed in “stable” condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center while the woman suffered a swollen left eye and was taken to the same hospital, also in “stable” condition.

Woman charged with killing ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend

An 18-year-old Chicago woman was ordered held today on $500,000 bail on charges she fatally stabbed her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend earlier this month.
Keananna Streeter, of the 2900 block of West Wilcox Street, is charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 1 stabbing.
Streeter is accused of attacking Ragan McDougle, 32, the day after the victim arrived to pick up Streeter's ex-boyfriend on the 2800 block of West Roosevelt Road.
"The defendant sprayed her ex with mace and threw a bottle at the waiting car,". "The victim got out of the car ... The defendant began fighting with the victim, stabbing her multiple times with a knife."
McDougle, of the 5000 block of South Dorchester Avenue, was stabbed at least three times in her left side, neck and right temple. She was pronounced dead shortly later at Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Streeter fled, but surrendered to Chicago police on Friday, Hall said. He said witnesses identified her as McDougle's attacker

Man hurt in North Lawndale stabbing

A man was stabbed early Thursday in the Southwest Side North Lawndale neighborhood.

He was in the 1400 block of South Pulaski Road about 1:50 a.m. when he was stabbed in the leg.

The man -- an adult whose age wasn’t immediately known -- was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in good condition.

No one is in custody and the motive for the attack was unknown as of early Thursday.

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1 fatally wounded, 1 injured in North Side stabbing

A man was fatally wounded and another injured in a stabbing this morning in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the city's North Side,.
Shortly before 1 a.m., the two were stabbed during a fight on the sidewalk with several other people in the 1100 block of West Wrightwood Avenue. A man, described as being in his 20s, was wounded in the chest and abdomen and was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. He has not yet been officially identified.
A second victim, 18, was stabbed in his buttocks.
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Woman killed in West Side stabbing

A 32-year-old South Side woman died early this morning after she was stabbed Thursday night on the West Side in the city's Lawndale neighborhood.
Ragan McDougle of the 5100 block of South Dorchester Avenue was pronounced dead shortly before 6 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital.
 About 8:40 p.m. Thursday on the 2800 block of West Roosevelt Road, McDougle was involved in a verbal altercation that turned physical.
 An unknown suspect stabbed McDougle and fled the scene.
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Boy, 3, dead after West Side domestic incident

A 3-year-old boy was stabbed to death and his mother injured in an apparent domestic incident with the boy's father on the West Side.
The incident happened at about 11:15 a.m. in the 5000 block of West Division Street.
 The man who stabbed them is believed to be the boy's father and may have jumped from a second-story window to elude officers.
Police have him in custody. The child is identified as Jaivon Sandifer, 3, of the 5000 block of West Division Street.
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Man sentenced to 12 years for fatal fight with street artist ( One white trash man kills another)

A Cook County judge today sentenced a man to 12 years in prison in the 2008 stabbing death of a street artist in a fight after a Logan Square party.
 Tobolski was convicted in a bench trial in July of second-degree murder in the June 2008 death of Brendan Scanlon, a street artist who went by the name SOLVE and whose designs and stickers decorated street signs, newspaper boxes and public spaces across Chicago.
 According to trial testimony, Scanlon pummeled a man after a party and ran into an alley, where the man’s friends, including Tobolski, caught up with him. While Scanlon was being pinned by another combatant, Tobolski stabbed him once in the chest with a switchblade.

Man found dead with head trauma in West Side apartment

A 47-year-old man was found dead with apparent head trauma Monday afternoon in his West Side apartment in the Lawndale neighborhood.
The man was identified as Ricky Randolph of the 1400 block of South Kenneth Avenue.
Randolph was discovered dead by relatives at his residence about 4:30 p.m. at that address.
Preliminary reports stated some of Randolph's property, including his vehicle, was missing from the scene.
Friends of the victim said he was hit with a blunt object and stabbed several times.