Stabbing During Trip to Buy Cigarettes Leaves Man Severely Wounded: Cops

JOLIET, IL — A trip to buy cigarettes ended with two men getting stabbed and a third landing in jail.

Two men, ages 38 and 42, had been playing cards late Tuesday night at a house on Barr Elms Avenue when they decided to head over to Ingalls Park Food & Liquor to buy cigarettes, police said.

The men were joined on their trip by 48-year-old Roger Loden, police said, and when they reached the store’s parking lot, Loden pulled a pocketknife and stabbed the other two.

Loden cut the 38-year-old’s left forearm and stuck the 42-year-old in the chest, police said, plunging the knife 2 inches deep.

East Joliet Fire Department paramedics transported the 42-year-old to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. He was then airlifted to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge due to the severity of his wound.

The 38-year-old refused medical treatment, police said.

Both men identified Loden as the stabber, police said. Deputies picked him up at his Anderson Avenue home, brought him in for questioning and placed him under arrest.

Loden was booked into the Will County jail and is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday afternoon.

Roger Loden | image via Will County Sheriff's Department