Man stabbed, suspect detained at Chinatown Red Line station

The Cermak-Chinatown Red Line platform (Graham Garfield)

CHICAGO — A 31-year-old man is in fair condition after someone stabbed him on a Red Line train near Chinatown overnight. Chicago police officers detained a suspect.

Officers responded to the platform at 138 West Cermak around 1 a.m., according to CPD radio activity. They learned that the victim had been stabbed about 15 minutes earlier by an attacker who pulled a knife and cut his arm, a CPD media statement said. EMS took the man to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, cops took the assailant into custody a short time later, police said. Charges were pending.

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