A 39-year-old man from downstate Illinois was charged this week with attempted murder in the weekend stabbing of a man who declined to turn over his change on the city’s Magnificent Mile, authorities said.
Alaxstair Reed, 39, of Danville, was arrested around 5 p.m. Sunday and charged with one felony count of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated battery/great bodily harm, according to a statement Tuesday from Chicago police.
Reed, who was arrested in the 100 block of East Superior Street, was identified as the person who stabbed a 52-year-old man after Reed demanded money and the man’s personal property Sunday afternoon in the 700 block of North Michigan Avenue, police said.
The victim was walking down the street about 4:45 p.m. Sunday when he was approached by Reed, who asked for change, then stabbed the man in the neck with a sharp object when he refused to comply with the request, police said.
Reed is expected to appear in bond court Wednesday.
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