Crime News Metro/State

Woman fatally stabbed in Humboldt Park

Jamilah Brown, 24, was in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:10 p.m. when she was stabbed in the neck and ear, Chicago police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times — A woman was fatally stabbed Jan. 20, 2023 on the West Side.

A woman was fatally stabbed Friday afternoon in Humboldt Park on the West Side.

Jamilah Brown, 24, was in the 3700 block of West Chicago Avenue about 4:10 p.m. when she was stabbed in the neck and ear, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

No one was in custody.

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