Two stabbings hours apart on CTA trains
One man was stabbed in a robbery on the Orange Line, while another was stabbed in a fight on the Red Line. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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One man was stabbed in a robbery on the Orange Line, while another was stabbed in a fight on the Red Line. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
The stabbings come amid sustained concerns about safety on the system. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
One person was injured and one is in police custody after a stabbing at a Target in Chicago's Loop Sunday morning.
The victim told police he was trying to stop a shoplifter.
Francisco Alvarez, 42, of Glendale Heights was placed under police guard at Silver Cross Hospital for attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery to a police officer.
Police say the man had barricaded himself in a closet, and when they opened the door, he stabbed an officer in the stomach.
Police say there was some sort of fight between the suspect and a man at an apartment on North Kilpatrick in the Mayfair neighborhood.
It is believed that the man was stabbed.
Police say two men got into a quarrel before one man took out a knife and stabbed the other.
Police did not specify the relationship, if any, between the victim and the attacker.
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One of the suspects produced a sharp object and stabbed him several times.
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Samantha Maldonado's ex-boyfriend, Alejandro Arellano, is now charged with her murder. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Alejandro Arellano, 31, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Samantha Maldonado, and was ordered held without bond Monday afternoon. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Alejandro Arellano is facing first-degree murder charges. According to prosecutors, he was in a relationship with the woman he killed for six months. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
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