Stabbing suspect found at Lawndale gas station

Police located a stabbing suspect early yesterday morning in Lawndale. It what appears to be a domestic dispute, a woman stabbed a man in the chest in a home on the 1100-block of Kerper Street, then fled the scene.

The man, 46, was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Police caught up with the woman at a gas station near Oxford Avenue and Levick Street, and she was taken into custody.

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