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Chicago police investigate a fatal stabbing in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard early on May 9, 2016.
Megan Crepeau / Chicago Tribune
Chicago police investigate a fatal stabbing in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard early on May 9, 2016.
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A 51-year-old man was stabbed to death in Bronzeville early Monday, police said.

He was on a back porch at an apartment building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard about 12:30 a.m. when someone tried to rob him. The two began to struggle, and the would-be robber stabbed the man in the chest.

The man was pronounced dead on the scene. Police are conducting a homicide investigation.