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Boy stabbed at Waukegan grocery store

A teenage boy went to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries Wednesday after he was stabbed during a fight at a Waukegan grocery store.

Police have one person in custody and believe the attack was a random act of violence, authorities said in a news release Wednesday night.

The fight broke out about 7:45 p.m. at Super Fresh Market on the 1700 block of North Lewis Avenue.

Based on descriptions from witnesses, police said they found the suspect with a pocketknife behind a business on the 1500 block of North Lewis Avenue.

Two teenage boys sustained minor injuries and took themselves to a nearby hospital, according to the news release. Only one of the boys was stabbed, authorities said.

Waukegan police were not immediately available to comment.

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