CHICAGO — Three people are hospitalized and a fourth is in custody after a fight between two groups of people ended with multiple stabbings on Sunday morning, according to Chicago police.
The groups got into an argument that devolved into a physical fight in the 5700 block of West Grand around 5:09 a.m. CPD said a 40-year-old man involved in the fight pulled out a knife and started swinging it around.
He successfully stabbed or slashed three people, all of whom were in good condition, police said:
- a 20-year-old woman was taken to Community First Hospital with a puncture wound to her arm
- a 30-year-old woman was taken to West Suburban Hospital, also with a puncture wound to her arm
- a 32-year-old man was cut on both hands and taken to Loyola Hospital.
CPD officers applied a tourniquet to one of the victims and also arrested a suspect at the scene. Charges were pending on Sunday afternoon.
