By STEFANO ESPOSITO
Chicago Sun-Times
Authorities investigate after three men were stabbed, one fatally, in Chinatown on Monday night. | Network Video Productions
A 36-year-old man who allegedly stabbed three people, killing Zenan “Sonny” Hernandez, in a Chinatown apartment for transients was ordered held on a $2 million bond Wednesday.
Raul Gonzalez wielded a 10-inch blade, killing Hernandez, 51, and injuring two other men, Cook County prosecutors said during Gonzalez’s bond hearing.
At the time of the stabbings, Gonzalez was living in an apartment in the 200 block of West 23rd, prosecutors said. On Monday evening, he got in an argument with one of the men he would later allegedly stab.
That man told Gonzalez he was upset about the way Gonzalez had been treating others in the apartment. What began as a verbal argument escalated when Gonzalez pulled out the knife, prosecutors said.
Gonzalez stabbed Hernandez in the head, back and hand, prosecutors said. Another victim received wounds to his groin, while the third was stabbed several times in the head, prosecutors said.
Gonzalez was also injured when two of the victims used knives to defend themselves, prosecutors said.
Hernandez was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The other men were taken to Stroger Hospital, where their conditions were stabilized.