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Judge Orders Detention of Suspect in Loop Walgreens Stabbing

Prosecutors have charged 36-year-old Alejandro Tellez with attempted murder following the State Street attack.

Overview

  • A Cook County judge ordered Alejandro Tellez detained as a public-safety risk during a court hearing.
  • Prosecutors charged the Schaumburg man with attempted first-degree murder plus two aggravated battery counts.
  • Police say the stabbing followed an argument outside the Walgreens at 151 North State Street in the Loop.
  • A CPD bike unit stopped Tellez based on a suspect description, and witnesses at the scene identified him.
  • Police said the 25-year-old victim remained in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital after the attack.