Crime News South Loop

Man hurt in South Loop stabbing

By Sun-Times Wire

screen_shot_2019_04_03_at_2.00.34_pm_e1554318274774.png — 1000 block of South Desplaines Street | Google Maps

A man was stabbed in the back Friday evening in the South Loop.

Someone stabbed the 43-year-old about 8:40 p.m. in the 1000 block of South Desplaines Street, near the intersection with Taylor Street, according to Chicago police.

He was taken to Stroger Hospital with a stab wound to the back and has been stabilized, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Central detectives investigate.

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