An Old Town woman is charged with stabbing three people during an argument near the Belmont CTA station as a large crowd gathered in the area following Sunday’s Chicago Pride Parade.
Lakendra Porter, 24, is charged with three counts of misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor reckless conduct, police said. CPD initially issued a media statement saying she had been charged with three counts of felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, but the department issued a correction this morning.
Two women and a man suffered stab wounds when Porter allegedly flailed a knife during an argument in the 1000 block of West Belmont around 11:27 p.m., police said in a media statement after the incident. Porter tried to run away, but cops arrested her almost immediately, according to CPD.
After the incident, police said a 28-year-old woman was in serious condition with stab wounds to her chest, arm, and back. A 20-year-old man suffered a stab wound to his back. He was in fair condition. And a 35-year-old woman was in good condition with a stab wound to her buttocks. EMS took all of them to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.
Porter was also taken to Masonic for treatment of a laceration to her face.
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