7-year-old boy stabbed on Chicago's North Side; woman in custody
A 7-year-old boy was stabbed Saturday morning in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago.
Police said, around 8 a.m., a 26-year-old woman approached a 7-year-old boy inside a home the 1700 block of West Touhy Avenue, and stabbed the boy.
The victim was taken to Lurie Children's Hospital in fair condition with a puncture wound to the abdomen.
The woman was taken into custody, and charges were pending Saturday afternoon.
Joe Demma, who used to manage the apartment building where the stabbing happened, said 11 families live there, many with kids.
He said he saw police going in and out of the building after the stabbing, but didn't realize what had happened.
"That's all you hear, shooting, stabbing, people getting in an accident because they're drunk," he said.
Area 3 detectives were investigating.
