Person of interest in custody after 14-year-old girl stabbed at Lowell, Indiana baseball game

LOWELL, Ind. (WLS) -- A person of interest is in custody after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in Indiana, the Lake County Sheriff's Department said on Sunday afternoon.

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The sheriff's department said the stabbing happened Saturday afternoon while the girl was watching her brother's baseball game with her mother in Lowell.

A man wielding a butcher-style knife randomly attacked the girl at the baseball fields near a VFW hall located at 17401 Morse Street, the sheriff's department said. He also tried to stab the girl's mother, who intervened in the attack.

The girl was treated for her injuries at a hospital before being released.

ABC7 Chicago spoke with Matthew Ramian, the coach of the baseball team that was playing when the stabbing happened.

"He just jumped on her and pushed her over," Ramian said. "Then proceeded to pull out what I called like a bowie knife, a big 16, 18-inch knife and just started swinging it on her."

Ramian said several dads chased after the suspect before losing track of him.

The suspect was chased into a wooded area behind homes in the 6100-block of Oak Valley Drive, the sheriff's department confirmed.

After asking for the public's helping finding a 26-year-old person of interest earlier Sunday, the sheriff's department said he is now in custody.

The sheriff's department believes the suspect was trying to cut his hair to change his appearance just before he was arrested.