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64-Year-Old Man Fatally Stabbed in Near West Side Alley, Chicago Police Seeking Suspect

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Published on May 19, 2025
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A 64-year-old man's life was tragically cut short following a stabbing incident that occurred on the Near West Side of Chicago. The altercation leading to the man's death took place around 7:47 a.m. Monday morning, as reported by ABC7 Chicago. The police informed that the incident happened in the 2400-block of West Gladys Avenue in an alley where the victim and an unapprehended male suspect engaged in a verbal altercation.

During the confrontation, the suspect brandished a knife and inflicted multiple stab wounds on the 64-year-old man. Following the attack, the victim was urgently transported to Stroger Hospital, as detailed by ABC7 Chicago. It was in this institution that he was pronounced dead, a detail confirmed by the Chicago police.

While details remain scarce and the suspect remains at large, Chicago's Area Four detectives have taken up the investigation, searching for leads that could shed light on a motivation for the attack and the identity of the assailant, as per the Chicago Sun-Times.