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Four stabbed, one fatally, in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood

Chicago police said a 17-year-old youth was killed and three other people, including a 14-year-old, were wounded in a possibly gang-related stabbing incident in the North Side's Edgewater neighborhood.

Chicago police officer John Henry said the stabbings occurred shortly before midnight Sunday.

The 17-year-old and another victim were taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where the 17-year-old was pronounced dead. Authorities said he suffered multiple stab wounds. Another surviving victim was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital and the 14-year-old was taken to Children's Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for a lacerated arm.