A 71-year-old woman who was walking her dog was critically wounded in a stabbing near Chicago's Union Station Wednesday afternoon, according to police.
Authorities said the woman was walking at 1:30 p.m. near the sidewalk in the 200 block of South Canal Street when she was approached by a man who stabbed her multiple times with a "sharp object" before fleeing the scene.
According to police, the suspect was placed into custody by responding officers shortly after the incident.
The woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was initially reported to be in critical condition, according to authorities.
The victim's husband told NBC Chicago over the phone that the woman was attacked randomly while walking her dog, initially thinking that she was being punched.
The victim called her husband shortly after the stabbing before she was taken to the hospital.
The woman's husband told NBC Chicago that a nearby bystander took out clothes from his suitcase to help stop the bleeding before paramedics arrived at the scene.
The attack missed all of the woman's organs, telling her husband she feels "very lucky" to be alive.
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Officials said charges against the suspect are currently pending. No further information is currently available.
