26-year-old woman stabbed in chest with loop: police

CHICAGO—A man has been taken into custody after a 26-year-old boy was stabbed in the chest after an altercation in the city’s Loop on Saturday night, police said.

Police said the woman was outside near 1,100 blocks on South Michigan Avenue around 7:50 p.m. when she was approached by a 44-year-old man.

Police said the two men got into an argument, after which the man took out a knife and stabbed the woman in the chest.

The man fled the scene but was found by police and taken into custody.

She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is reported to be in critical condition. Your claim is pending.