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CHICAGO (STMW) – A Logan Square man is dead after being stabbed Saturday night near his Northwest Side home.

The man — identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office as 21-year-old Linear Caballero — was stabbed at 5:57 p.m. in the 2400 block of West Armitage Avenue, police said.

He was stopped in traffic in a car his girlfriend was driving when a man approached and the two began arguing, police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said. The fight turned physical and the man stabbed Caballero several times in the neck.

“Apparently they had a run-in prior and it looks like that may have stemmed from that prior incident,” Mirabelli said.

Caballero was initially taken to Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, then transferred to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead at 7:32 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office.

A person of interested is being questioned in the stabbing, which Mirabelli said happened at the busy intersection of Armitage and Western avenues when there were a lot of other cars nearby.

Anyone with information is asked to call Grand Central detectives at (312) 746-8282.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2012. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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  • Monica

    Ok thats just plain rude he has a family that will miss him and they are going to hurt for many years to come . Who are you to judge and belittle someones death because of what they did for fun. Just because you dont like graffiti on whatever the hell you have doesnt mean that his death doesnt make a big impact on people.

    • ..

      thank you monica

  • r.dross

    armitage and western is not logan or northwest its freakin bucktown they hide the fact that bucktown is gang infested and crime ridden

  • M

    Who did it ?

  • Ayo GreenEyesz

    Omg R.I.P Chip :(

  • Daniel Rodriguez

    Ur absolutely right. That’s Bucktown. But I dont think this was “gang” affiliated. “Elixer” is a friend of mine. A fun kid. And didnt have enemies like that. He was a writer not a banger.

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