5-year-old girl fatally stabbed in East Garfield Park: police
A bicycle lies in the front yard of a house in the 3200 block of West Fulton Boulevard, the same block where police said a 5-year-old girl was stabbed to death in East Garfield Park, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
A 5-year-old girl was fatally stabbed Saturday morning in East Garfield Park on the West Side.
Chicago police officers responded to the 3200 block of West Fulton Boulevard around 9:15 a.m. to a call of a person stabbed. Chicago firefighters were already tending to the injured girl when officers arrived, police said.
The girl was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
A female suspect, who approached the officers at the scene, was taken into custody, police said.
