A Schaumburg man is accused of stabbing and critically wounding another man outside a Walgreens at one of the Loop’s busiest intersections this week.
The victim, a 25-year-old man, was standing outside the store at 151 North State Street when he approached a group of men. According to police, an argument broke out around 9:16 PM on Thursday. During the confrontation, someone from the group stabbed him in the back and fled, police said.
Within minutes, a Chicago Police Department bicycle patrol unit stopped 36-year-old Alejandro Tellez in the 100 block of North LaSalle Street because he matched the suspect’s description, according to a CPD report. Officers arrested him after witnesses at the scene identified him as the attacker, the report said.
Police said Saturday that the victim remains in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
During a hearing Saturday afternoon, Judge James Murphy III ordered Tellez held because he was a threat to public safety. Tellez is charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
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