Overview

• The stabbing unfolded around 5:30 p.m. Sunday in the Pier’s beer garden on the 600 block of East Grand Avenue.
• Police say a verbal dispute between a 56-year-old man and a 64-year-old man escalated when the older man produced a sharp object.
• The victim suffered multiple upper-body stab wounds and was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
• The suspect sustained a chest wound and remains under guard in a local hospital while in police custody.
• This incident follows a November 2024 shooting at Navy Pier that killed two people, prompting a lockdown and heightening security concerns at the popular destination.