Authorities in Chicago have charged a 15-year-old boy with stabbing two other teenage boys on the city’s South Side. The incident occurred on Monday, as confirmed by the Chicago Police Department on Tuesday.
The teen was charged with aggravated battery/use of a deadly weapon, CPD said..
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Police said the boy was arrested just after 4 p.m. Monday in the 3100-block of South Giles Avenue.
The suspect allegedly carried out the attack about 10 minutes before injuring a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old in the 3500-block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Bronzeville neighborhood.
Police had said the boys were involved in a fight.
Police said at some point, that 15-year-old took out a sharp object and stabbed both teens before fleeing the scene.
The 16-year-old victim, stabbed in the neck, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
The 15-year-old victim, stabbed in the chest, was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition.
No other injuries were reported.
Area One detectives are investigating.
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