Woman held in fatal West Ridge stabbing

Police say a woman, 39, was arguing with a man Monday morning at an apartment when she pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the stomach. He died at a hospital.

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Charges are pending for a woman accused of stabbing a man to death Monday at an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.

The woman, 39, was arguing with Jeremy Rodgers, 42, about 2:20 a.m. at an apartment in the 6200 block of North Hoyne Avenue when she pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the stomach, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Responding officers found Rodgers in critical condition in a hallway, police said. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was later pronounced dead, according to the medical examiner’s office, which ruled Rodgers death a homicide.

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