CHICAGO — A 20-year-old man is in critical condition after being stabbed during a fight on the city's Near North Side.

The stabbing happened around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday on the 200 block of East Illinois in the Streeterville neighborhood.

According to police, the 20-year-old man was walking with a group of people when they were approached by another group and a verbal altercation ensued.

A man in the second group took out a sharp object and damaged a woman's vehicle, then stabbed the victim in the lower abdomen.

Police said the 20-year-old was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

The offender fled the scene. No one is in custody.

Area Three Detectives are investigating.

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