Man charged in CTA Green Line stabbing in South Loop: CPD

Man stabbed in fair condition, officials say

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Sunday, June 18, 2023
Man charged in CTA Green Line stabbing in South Loop: CPD
A man was charged in a South Loop stabbing on the CTA Green Line platform at Roosevelt Friday, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 22-year-old Chicago man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a stabbing on a CTA Green Line platform Friday night in Chicago's South Loop, Chicago police said.

Vidal Herazo was arrested about 11:30 p.m. in the 0- to 100-block of East Roosevelt Road after being identified as the suspect who, minutes earlier, stabbed and seriously injured a 28-year-old man on the Roosevelt Green Line platform, police said.

According to police, the 28-year-old man was involved in an altercation with Herazo when he was stabbed in the arm with a sharp object.

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The officers applied a tourniquet on the man, and he was transported to Northwestern Hospital, where he was last listed in fair condition, police said.

Herazo is due in bond court Sunday.

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