Chicago police could be seen investigating Wednesday afternoon at a Walgreen's store on the city's South Side after the company said a security guard was stabbed at the location.

A security guard stabbed in the neck is recovering well, but will not be back to work until next year, Auckland’s Newmarket Business Association says. The guard was critically injured in the stabbing last week and hospitalised.

Chicago police could be seen investigating Wednesday afternoon at a Walgreen's store on the city's South Side after the company said a security guard was stabbed at the location.

Police said a 35-year-old man got into a quarrel with someone who pulled out a knife. The victim suffered a laceration to his shoulder.

A 35-year-old man was wounded in a stabbing inside a Walgreens store in Chicago's South Chicago neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.