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7-Year-Old Stabbed to Death on Chicago’s South Side: Police
Bystanders detained the suspect, and police said the girl was pronounced dead at Comer Children’s Hospital.
- A 7-year-old girl died after being stabbed multiple times in the back near the 8600 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood at 11:55 a.m. on Saturday.
- Witnesses reported the woman approached the child while she was walking and 'displayed a sharp object' before the assault, prompting bystanders to intervene immediately.
- The girl was transported to Comer Children Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, while the woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries during the scuffle and was placed into police custody.
- Calumet Area detectives are investigating the incident, though authorities have not announced charges or confirmed whether the woman and child knew each other or what prompted the attack.
- An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday to determine the official cause of death, while the woman remains in police custody as detectives continue their investigation.
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[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] This is absolutely heartbreaking — and such a senseless and random act of violence that we honestly can’t even begin to imagine what would have prompted it. A 7-year-old Chicago girl was fatally stabbed in the back by a woman she did not know — again, a complete and total stranger [...] Read More...
The alleged perpetrator of the murder was unrelated to either the victim or her mother.
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