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Boy, 16, Stabbed And Critically Wounded In West Lawn, Police Say

By Kelly Bauer | March 23, 2017 7:54am

CHICAGO — A 16-year-boy was critically wounded after being stabbed in West Lawn on Wednesday, police said.

At 3:10 p.m., the boy was walking in the 3600 block of West 62nd Street when someone walked up to him and stabbed him in his leg, police said.

The boy was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition, police said. Officers originally thought he had been shot but later said he was stabbed.

No one was in custody.