Man stabbed by girlfriend's son, 10, charged with domestic battery

The man who was stabbed by his girlfriend’s 10-year-old son in a domestic incident early Sunday in the South Side West Pullman neighborhood was convicted in 1993 of second-degree murder, police said.

The incident occurred at 12:30 a.m. Sunday at West 118th and South Wallace streets, according to a Calumet District lieutenant.

Daniel McCullough, 38, of the 11800 block of South Wallace Street, had climbed in through the back window of the residence and attacked the woman, the lieutenant said. The woman's son tried to intervene and when the man knocked him out of the way, the boy grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the man in the left shoulder.

McCullough was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery, according to police who said he was convicted in 1993 of second-degree murder. Details on the murder charge were not immediately available.

Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said the boy, woman and the man all lived together at the Wallace address, and the man attempted to re-enter the house through the window after his girlfriend told him to leave.

"There was a verbal altercation, she told him to leave," Kubiak said. "He climbed back into the house through the window."

McCullough was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in "stable" condition, the lieutenant said. McCullough was in surgery Sunday morning for his injuries, but it did not appear to be life-threatening. His current conditions were unknown as of 8:15 p.m.

Kubiak said the woman was not injured.

It remained unclear if the son was being interviewed by police or was in custody.

Calumet Area police are investigating.