Man fatally stabbed in Chatham

A 55-year-old man was stabbed in the chest in the 300 block of West 87th Street, police said.

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A man died after being stabbed Saturday evening in Chatham, police said.

Rayford Sidberry, 55, was stabbed in the chest around 4:20 p.m. in the 300 block of West 87th Street, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been made and detectives are investigating.

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