5 injured, 2 in custody after argument leads to stabbing on Southwest Side

CHICAGO (WGN) — Five people were injured and two others were taken into custody early Saturday morning after an argument led to multiple stabbings at a hair salon on the city’s Southwest Side overnight.

According to police, the incident unfolded just after 12 a.m. on Saturday in the 6200 block of South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago Lawn.

Officers were initially called to the scene following a report that multiple people had been stabbed in the area and when they arrived, they found five victims who had all suffered either puncture wounds or lacerations.

Further investigation revealed that an argument had allegedly broken out between two groups of people but became physical when a 29-year-old woman allegedly pulled out a knife and began stabbing several people.

Amid the alleged stabbings, officers said a second suspect, a 47-year-old woman, began punching several of the victims.

In the end, a 47-year-old man who suffered a puncture wound to his left eye was hospitalized in critical condition while two others, a 31-year-old man who sustained a laceration to his face and a 37-year-old man who suffered a puncture wound to his hand were taken to the hospital in fair condition.

Two additional victims, a 36-year-old man who suffered lacerations to his head and back, as well as an adult female who suffered a laceration to her forehead, refused medical treatment.

Officers were able to take the two women into custody and charges are currently pending. Additionally, one of the two women suffered eye irritation from a substance that was sprayed during the incident and was taken to the hospital in good condition.

Currently, it is unclear what led to the initial argument and an investigation into the incident is currently underway.

Anyone with information on the stabbings is asked to contact CPD Area Two Detectives at 312-747-8273 or dial 911.

Those with information that could help authorities in their investigation can also leave a tip at CPDtip.com. Tips can be filed anonymously.