Man Found Stabbed on CTA Bus

By Anna Deem in News on Mar 6, 2010 7:30PM

A man who had been stabbed when he stepped between two fighting friends on Saturday morning was reported to be in "stable" condition, after he boarded a CTA bus on the South Side. At 5:52 a.m., a CTA bus driver contacted police about a rider who had stab wounds in his arm and chest, according to police News Affairs officer Robert Perez. The victim claimed he was drinking with friends in the 5300 block of South Paulina when his friends got in an argument and he attempted to break up their fight and was stabbed in the process. The man was taken to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in "stable" condition, according to Perez. [Chicago Sun-Times]