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James Rice, 44, Killed In Back Of The Yards Stabbing

By Kelly Bauer | June 8, 2017 7:51am | Updated on June 9, 2017 11:51am

CHICAGO — A 44-year-old man was stabbed to death in Back of the Yards early Thursday, police said.

At 3:58 a.m., the man was inside a home in the 2100 block of West 54th Street when he got into a fight with someone and the other person stabbed the man, police said.

The man was identified as James Rice, of the 2200 block of West 54th Street, by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. Rice was pronounced dead at 4:03 a.m. and an autopsy showed he died from multiple stab wounds in a homicide.

A person was in custody, police said.

The incident appeared to be "domestic-related," a police source said.