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Woman hospitalized, teen arrested in Austin stabbing

Police found a woman with stab wounds in a residence in the 500 block of South Laramie Avenue at 8 p.m. Monday. She’s hospitalized in critical condition. A 16-year-old boy was taken into custody at the scene.

By Sun-Times Wire

A 31-year-old woman was found with stab wounds at 8 p.m. Monday in a residence in the 500 block of South Laramie Avenue She was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

A woman was hospitalized and a teen arrested after a stabbing in Austin, Chicago police said.

Officers responded to a call in the 500 block of South Laramie Avenue at 8 p.m. Monday and found a woman, 31, inside a residence with stab wounds throughout her body, police said. She was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition.

A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene, police said. Charges are pending.

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