Woman, 96, stabbed to death with pitchfork in Gresham; man in custody

A man is in custody after a 96-year-old woman was stabbed to death with a pitchfork Tuesday during a domestic incident in Gresham on the South Side.

Myrtis Jackson was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. An autopsy found she died of multiple injuries from an assault.

She was fatally wounded when a 41-year-old man allegedly stabbed her and another woman multiple times at 11:30 a.m. on a sidewalk in the 7700 block of South Laflin Street, according to Chicago police spokeswoman Karie James.

The second woman, 73, was seriously injured and treated at the same hospital, James said. Police initially said she was 53 years old.

The man was taken to St. Bernard Hospital for an unspecified injury, James said.

He allegedly used a pitchfork as a weapon, according to a law enforcement source.

No charges have been filed.