Man left in critical condition after being stabbed overnight in West Garfield Park neighborhood

A 39-year-old man flagged police down for help after he was stabbed in the neck overnight in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, police said. Shortly after 12:30 a.m., the victim who had suffered a laceration to the neck waived down patrol officers in the 200 block of South Cicero Avenue. He told the officers that someone approached him with a knife and stabbed him in the neck, police said. The suspect fled the scene after the stabbing. The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was listed in critical condition. No one was in custody, and detectives were […]

48-year-old man in critical condition after being found wounded in alley in Grand Boulevard neighborhood

A 48-year-old man was in critical condition after being found shot in an alley overnight in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. Shortly after 3 a.m., the man was discovered shot to the abdomen in an alley in the 4800 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. He was taken in critical condition to UChicago Medicine. The circumstances leading up to the shooting were being investigated but no one was in custody.