Off-duty Chicago police officer stabbed in altercation at West Rogers bar

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said an off-duty officer was stabbed multiple times early Friday morning in an altercation at a North Side bar.

Police said some type of altercation started inside the Mark II Lounge in the 7400-block of North Western Avenue in the city's West Rogers Park neighborhood around 4 a.m. The early morning fight was captured on graphic video.

"It was horrendous. I mean, blood... it was all over my car," said resident Nancy Perdue.

The altercation, which involved multiple people, spilled outside and the officer was stabbed several times, CPD said. The 36-year-old officer was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The officer remains in serious condition.

Police said Area Three Detectives are questioning a person of interest, but no charges have yet been filed.

Neighbors are shaken.

"I go down the streets of Rogers Park with no problem, and so does my wife with our dog, and I won't let her go do it at night alone anymore," said Ned Targos, resident.

"We're not accustomed to having crime like this happen," Perdue said.

Several neighbors said they've called police in the past because of previous fights that have spilled out of that bar, and they're now hoping this incident will spur action.

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