Police: Man stabbed to death in Humboldt Park

(Story updated with identification)

A man was stabbed to death Early Wednesday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Elvis Canfield, 51, was stabbed to death while fighting with a man he knew in the 3900 block of West Division Street on the West Side about 12:20 a.m., authorities said.

Canfield, of the 1100 block of North Pulaski Road, was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he died at 1:04 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

The identity of the alleged stabber is known to police, but he was not in custody Wednesday morning.
Area North detectives are investigating

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