Man Charged With Murder, Attempted Murder In Riverdale Stabbings
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man has been charged with stabbing two people, one of them fatally, Tuesday evening in the Riverdale neighborhood.
Police said 30-year-old Jose De La Torre, of the Brighton Park neighborhood, stabbed two men shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday near 135th Place and Indiana Avenue.
A 44-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. A 36-year-old man was in critical condition at Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said.
Further details were not immediately available.
De La Torre has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, and one count of attempted murder. He was scheduled to appear for a bond hearing Thursday afternoon at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.
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