15-year-old boy charged in Bronzeville, Chicago stabbing of 2 other teens on South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive: CPD
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CHICAGO (WLS) — A 15-year-old boy has been charged in the stabbing of two other teen boys Monday on Chicago’s South Side, Chicago police said Tuesday morning.

The teen was charged with aggravated battery/use of a deadly weapon, CPD said..

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Police said the boy was arrested just after 4 p.m. Monday in the 3100-block of South Giles Avenue.

About 10 minutes earlier, he stabbed and seriously injured a 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy in the 3500-block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Bronzeville, police said.

Police had said the boys were involved in a fight.

Police said at some point, that 15-year-old took out a sharp object and stabbed both teens before fleeing the scene.

The 16-year-old victim, stabbed in the neck, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.

The 15-year-old victim, stabbed in the chest, was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good condition.

No other injuries were reported.

Area One detectives are investigating.

The video in the player above is from an earlier report.

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