Crime & Safety
3 Stabbed At Home In South Chicago Heights
Police believe the stabber is one of three victims found on Sauk Trail Wednesday afternoon.
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL - Three people were stabbed at a home in South Chicago Heights Wednesday afternoon. Police in the suburb say that a suspect is believed to be among the victims and is under police watch at an area hospital.
South Chicago Heights police responded to a call of a woman having been stabbed at a home in the 200 block of West Sauk Trail at 3:40 p.m. But when they arrived, they found three victims. They were all taken to separate hospitals, one of them airlifted to the nearest Level 1 trauma center at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
"We believe that the offender is among the injured and is under police watch at the hospital," South Chicago Heights police said in a statement.
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"We feel certain that there is no present danger to the community in relation to this incident."
BREAKING: Reports of as many as 3 people stabbed in South Chicago Heights. @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/6NXT8HRmYX
— Ben Bradley (@BenBradleyTV) January 16, 2019
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