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17-Year-Old Girl Charged in Stabbing That Critically Injured Woman Outside 69th Street Red Line

Transit police made a swift on-scene arrest near the South Side station.

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Overview

  • Police say a fight on the sidewalk outside the 69th Street CTA stop around 6 p.m. escalated when the teen used a sharp object to stab a 20-year-old twice in the torso.
  • The victim was transported to UChicago Medicine in critical condition.
  • CPD Transit Unit officers arrested the 17-year-old at the scene and she was taken to St. Bernard Hospital for a minor injury.
  • The teen is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and her name was not released because she is a juvenile.
  • Wentworth Area detectives are conducting the investigation.