Overview
- Police say a 24-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on the 200 block of North State Street and that the 31-year-old suspect later got into a fight with a 25-year-old man on Friday afternoon.
- A 36-year-old woman intervened with a knife and stabbed the 31-year-old in the right eye and the 25-year-old in the left wrist during the scuffle.
- All three injured people were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, with police describing both men as in good condition and the 36-year-old woman held for observation.
- Officers recovered the knife at the scene and Chicago Police Area 3 detectives have opened an active investigation; no charges have been announced.
- Authorities have not said whether the 24-year-old assault victim was taken to a hospital, and the incident follows other recent Loop stabbings that have heightened downtown safety concerns.