The fatal stabbing of Derrick Simpson on Monday morning in the Chatham neighborhood was self-defense and a person of interest has been released, Chicago Police said Tuesday.
The person of interest was released without charges in connection with the death of the 56-year-old Simpson, who was stabbed in the chest in the 800 block of East 81st Street at 11:30 a.m., police said.
Simpson was in a fight with another man, who stabbed him, police said.
Simpson, who lived on the same block, was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead at 12:16 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
A law enforcement source said Tuesday afternoon that a person of intere4st who had been questioned by police has been released without charges because he acted in self-defense.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire