A man was stabbed during a fight on a CTA platform in the Loop Monday evening. A Chicago police officer was also injured while responding to the scene.
About 5:45 p.m., two men were fighting on a train near the 300 block of South Dearborn Street when one man pulled the other onto the platform and stabbed him with a knife, Chicago police said.
The man with the knife then grabbed a blunt object and struck an officer in the back, police said.
The 44-year-old man who was stabbed was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. His condition was unknown.
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The man who stabbed him was taken to Stroger Hospital for unknown injuries. His condition was also unknown.
The officer was taken to a nearby hospital where his condition was stabilized.
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