CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Police officers came across a homeless man walking with several stab wounds to his body Friday morning in the South Loop.
The officers were patrolling in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue at 6:40 a.m. when they found the 53-year-old dripping blood, according to Chicago police.
The man, who had been stabbed multiple times, was taken in serious condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, police said.
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He was unable to tell officers what happened. A law enforcement source said the man was homeless.
So far in July, two other violent incidents have been reported in the same block where he was found.
On July 9, a man was found stabbed to death in a grassy area of Grant Park. The man’s body may have been there for several days, police said.
Last week, a 15-year-old boy was grazed by a bullet on the same block. The teen was able to walk to a hospital for treatment.