Danny Melendez died early Thursday after being stabbed by a woman in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood earlier this week.
A 31-year-old woman stabbed Melendez in the thigh about 8:50 p.m. Tuesday during a fight in the 2300 block of North Cicero Avenue, authorities said.
Melendez, 38, of the 5000 block of West Irving Park Road, was initially taken in critical condition to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, authorities said. He died at the hospital at 1:20 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The woman who allegedly stabbed Melendez was taken into custody at the attack, but charges have not yet been filed, police said.
Area North detectives are investigating.
— Sun-Times Media Wire