Elizabeth Kennedy was killed and two men were wounded in a stabbing attack Saturday night in the Marquette Park neighborhood, an incident police called a “domestic altercation” on the block where she lived.
The 36-year-old Kennedy was stabbed in the chest at 5:42 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Marquette, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
She was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m., authorities said.
Kennedy lived on the same block, a generally quiet area on the Southwest Side. A source said Kennedy may have been trying to break up the altercation when she was stabbed.
A 34-year-old man was stabbed in the arm and was taken to Holy Cross Hospital, where his condition was stabilized, police said. Another man, 75, also suffered a stab wound to the arm, but declined to be taken to a hospital.
Police said charges are pending against a “male offender,” who ran away after the fight but was taken into custody a short time later.
Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire