A 22-year-old man was stabbed after a fight at approximately 3:15 a.m. June 19 on the 800 block of West Belmont Avenue, according to police.
According to CPD News Affairs spokesman Jose Estrada, the man got into a fight with three acquaintances and was both stabbed and pepper-sprayed. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, where he is reported to be in good condition. The incident is under investigation, he said. Initial reports suggested that the stabbing victim was female.
Meanwhile, several fights and overcrowding incidents broke out on Halsted Street in the early morning of June 19, according to reports. The incidents were first reported by the Crime in Wrigleyville + Boystown blog (CWB) June 19, and reportedly were centered around the 7-11 at 3407 N. Halsted St., where a crowd of about 400 had gathered by around 3 a.m.
Halsted Street was closed to vehicle traffic for an hour as a result of overcrowding in the street. Other fights reportedly occurred in the early morning hours at Belmont and Halsted, Belmont and Clark and Halsted and Aldine. Estrada could not confirm details of those incidents.
The incidents, occurring hours after the first day of Pride Fest activities had ended, came after police and city officials said that there would be an increased police presence in Lake View in the weeks ahead.
CWB’s report is at www.cwbchicago.com/2016/06/boystown-one-stabbed-huge-fights-in.html?m=1.