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Sep 29, 2008 9:57 am US/Central
Man Fatally Stabbed on North Side
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
A 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed after a verbal fight became physical early Sunday in the North Side's Ravenswood neighborhood.
The incident happened in the 4600 block of North Rockwell Street about 1:50 a.m., according to a Belmont District police lieutenant.
Two men in their 20s were involved in a verbal fight that escalated and became physical, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.
At some point during the altercation, one of the men was fatally stabbed, Mirabelli said.
Kevin Curtis, of 4108 N. Lawndale Ave., was pronounced dead at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center at 2:20 a.m., according to a spokesman at the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
The other man involved in the fight was also injured in the stabbing and was taken to an area hospital, police said.
(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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