Fan alleges compliment about Packers preceded stabbing
Getty Images Did a Bears fan’s envy of the Packers set off a chain of events leading to a stabbing in a parking lot outside of Soldier Field on Thursday night?
According to a published report, one of two men stabbed in the incident alleges that’s the way it went down.
The fan, who was not identified, told the Chicago Tribune the problems started after he complemented the NFC North-leading Packers and another man got mad.
“I was saying the Packers are awesome this year, why can’t I be born a Packers fan?” the stabbed man interviewed by the Tribune alleged.
The man told the Tribune the altercation did not begin after someone said “Bears suck,” which is alleged in the police report, with the man telling the newspaper he believed the alleged attacking group were Bears fans.
The Bears (5-8) lost 41-28 to Dallas on Thursday night.
The man interviewed by the Tribune was stabbed in the shoulder, with his friend stabbed eight or nine times in the back. However, both received treatment for their injuries and were discharged from a local hospital.
