Man stabbed in downtown Chicago near Clark/Lake CTA station
A man was stabbed in downtown Chicago near the Clark/Lake CTA Blue Line stop Monday night.
At 9:18 p.m., police were called to the 100 block of North Clark Street, where they found a 30-year-old man with a laceration to the neck and leg. The man had gotten into a quarrel with two other men outside, and one of those two men took out a sharp object and attacked the victim before running off, police said.
The victim was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Reports indicated that the victim ran into the Clark/Lake station after being stabbed.
Police did not immediately provide details.
A large police presence remained at the scene as of just after 10 p.m.
Trains on the Blue Line subway, and on the Brown, Green, Orange, and Pink lines on the elevated level, were all skipping the Clark/Lake stop after the incident, the Chicago Transit Authority said.
No one was in custody in the shooting as of the latest updates. Belmont Area detectives are investigating.
