Man stabbed, seriously injured during fight in Boystown

A Google Street View image of the 3600 block of North Halsted. (Google)

CHICAGO — A man is in serious condition after being stabbed multiple times during a fight in Boystown on Sunday morning, police said.

It happened around 3:50 a.m. in the 3600 block of North Halsted, just north of Addison.

A CPD spokesperson said a 33-year-old man got into a “physical altercation” with another man, who stabbed the victim throughout his body. Police officers found the victim on the ground, but the assailant was gone.

EMS took the victim to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious condition.

A witness reported that one of the men was chasing the other, heading south on Halsted Street. Police received conflicting descriptions of the attacker. Area Three detectives are handling the investigation.

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