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Boy, 15, charged with stabbing 2 other teens in fight in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood

2 teens stabbed during fight in Chicago's Bronzeville community
2 teens stabbed during fight in Chicago's Bronzeville community 00:23

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 15-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing two other teens during a fight in Bronzeville late Monday.

Police said at 5:07 p.m., two boys, ages 15 and 16, got into a fight with another 15-year-old boy in the 3500 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The second 15-year-old boy took out a sharp object and stabbed the other two boys, police said.

The 15-year-old victim was stabbed in the chest and was taken to the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital in good condition, police said. The 16-year-old was stabbed in the neck and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.

The alleged attacker was apprehended a little over half a mile away in the 3100 block of South Giles Avenue, police said.

He has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery.

Court information for the suspect was not immediately available Tuesday morning.

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