4-year-old dead, 2 other kids among 4 hurt after stabbing, fire in Logan Square

A 4-year-old boy is dead and four other people, including two other children, were hospitalized after a stabbing and fire in the Logan Square neighborhood.

Police said, around 9:15 a.m., a 45-year-old woman stabbed three children with a knife in the 3600 block of West Palmer Street, and then set the house on fire.

A source close to the investigation said the call came into 911 from a family member, who said the children’s mother “snapped” and stabbed the children before starting the fire…

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