A 16-year-old girl was stabbed multiple times near the Roosevelt CTA station on Tuesday night, Chicago police said. The attack happened around 9:50 p.m. on the northeast corner of State and Roosevelt.
Officers at the scene said people who were with the victim were not being very cooperative, but preliminary information indicated that the victim’s group argued with another group of girls before someone from the other group pulled a knife and attacked her.
After she was wounded, the girl ran to the nearby CTA station for help. A Chicago police Mass Transit officer applied a chest seal to help stabilize her until paramedics arrived. Chest seals are specialized medical dressings designed to cover open chest wounds and prevent air from entering the chest cavity, which can be life-threatening
CPD said the victim was then taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
As of Wednesday morning, no arrests had been made as investigators reviewed surveillance video from the area.
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