Couple attempts to kill man after early-morning argument in Little Woods

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A man narrowly avoided death in Little Woods early Sunday (Aug. 5), after a two people attempted to stab him and then run him over with their car, police said.

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The 48-year-old man was arguing with a man and a woman in the 7000 block of Bullard Avenue when, just before 2 a.m., the man struck him in the back of the head with a pipe and stabbed him several times in the left thigh, police said. The injured man attempted to flee by hobbling across the street, but the woman tried to run him over with her vehicle.

The duo eventually fled and the 48-year-old was transported to a nearby hospital, according to initial police reports.

The man's condition was not made available by police on Sunday morning.

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