23-year-old man stabbed in the neck while walking near Grant Park

A man was stabbed in the neck while walking near Grant Park in Chicago Thursday night, police said, with officials working to investigate after the suspect fled the scene.

About 11:37 p.m., a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were walking in the 500 block of South Columbus Drive in the Loop when an unknown man approached them and a verbal altercation took place.

The altercation turned physical, police said, with the man pulling out a sharp object and stabbing the 23-year-old in the left side of his neck.

The suspect fled on foot, police said, heading northbound on Lake Shore Drive…

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