In Edgewater, a man was fatally stabbed while attempting to stop an attacker.

A man was stabbed to death in Edgewater on Wednesday night while attempting to prevent an assailant from injuring two others.

The victim stepped in to intervene after a woman pulled a knife on a man and woman on the sidewalk in the 5200 block of North Sheridan Road around 11:40 p.m.

The victim was stabbed in the chest by the woman wielding the knife. He was taken to St. Francis, where he was pronounced dead.

The suspect escaped. Area Three detectives are looking into it.