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“Now, I am the first to tell you that’s cold comfort to a single person who’s been shot and a single person who’s been killed,” she added. But the reality is - June over June from last year to this one - what we’ve seen is a downward trend in both homicides and shootings. “The events that you noted are obviously tragic and heartbreaking. But she categorically denied the attack was an indication the downtown is unsafe. Lightfoot acknowledged the daylight stabbing near Willis Tower was shocking. “We offer our condolences to her friends and family during this difficult time.” “The University of Maryland grieves the loss of Anat Kimchi, a brilliant young scholar,” the school said in a statement. Her family said she was in Chicago visiting friends. Kimchi had been working on her doctoral degree in criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland. She was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Saturday when a man stabbed her in the back, according to Chicago police. He declined to comment further, other than to say investigators have video of the attack and a witness who is cooperating.Īnat Kimchi, 31, was walking in the 400 block of South Wacker Drive about 4 p.m. “We are seeking the identity and the eventual arrest of the person who stabbed that female,” he said. No question about it.”īut at a later news conference, Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan stopped short of saying investigators know who the attacker is. We believe he’s a homeless individual,” Lightfoot said. Chicago police know who fatally stabbed a Maryland graduate student on a weekend afternoon in the South Loop and are “scouring the various homeless encampments downtown,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday.