Nehemiah Spencer / Photo from Chicago Police
BY MICHAEL LANSU
Homicide Watch Chicago Editor
Nehemiah Spencer has been charged with murder after police claim he fatally stabbed a man who came to his girlfriend’s aid during an argument.
Spencer, 24, got into the argument with his girlfriend in the 6500 block of South Minerva Avenue about 3 p.m. Saturday, police said.
The woman called her 34-year-old uncle and 20-year-old Leroyce Noel for help, authorities said.
When the uncle and Noel arrived, Spencer opened the door and stabbed Noel in the chest, authorities said.
Noel, of the 7100 block of South Mozart Street, died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 4:19 p.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The uncle suffered several lacerations and was treated at University of Chicago Hospital, police said.
Spencer, of the 6500 block of South Minerva Avenue, was charged Sunday with first-degree murder and aggravated battery involving a deadly weapon, police said.
He is expected to appear in court Monday for a bond hearing.
— Contributing: Sun-Times Media Wire