A woman was fatally stabbed in the neck early Tuesday in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, and a man found lying under a nearby porch with a stab wound of his own was hospitalized and taken into custody, according to Chicago police. The attack happened around 1:40 a.m. in the 7300 block of South Emerald Avenue.
Officers found the woman lying on the ground with a stab wound to her neck, according to abc7chicago.com, which reported the incident took place at about 1:38 a.m. She was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, Chicago police said. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the woman died from the neck stab wound and that the attack occurred in Englewood, on the city's South Side.
A man was found lying under a porch near the scene with a sharp object and a stab wound, per the same account from ABC7. He had a cut to his right hand, and he was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, the station reported. Police recovered a weapon and took the man into custody, according to police cited by the station.
Investigation Remains Open, No Charges Announced
Area 1 detectives were investigating the attack, per the seed reporting from the Sun-Times, but no charges had been announced against the man as of Tuesday morning. The circumstances surrounding the stabbing remained under investigation, according to cedarnews.net, which echoed the account of the man being placed in custody after a weapon was recovered.
Police have not released the identities of either the woman or the man, and the relationship between the two, along with any motive for the attack, has not been disclosed. It also remains unclear how the man's own stab wound occurred.
