Wicker Park & Bucktown

Crime & Mayhem

Man Stabbed Near Blue Line in Wicker Park, Police Say

July 21, 2013 3:42pm | Updated July 21, 2013 3:42pm
Cops said a 54-year-old man was stabbed near the Damen Blue Line station. File photo.
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DNAinfo/Erica Demarest

CHICAGO — A man was stabbed in Wicker Park early Sunday, cops said.

A 54-year-old man was in an alley near the Damen Blue Line station in the 1500 block of North Damen Avenue when he was stabbed in his back three times shortly before 5:20 a.m., said Officer Daniel O'Brien, a police spokesman.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, O'Brien said.

No one was in custody, and further information about the incident was unavailable, police said.

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