LOWELL, Ind. — Authorities are offering new details in the search for a man who is believed to have stabbed a teen girl in Northwest Indiana on Saturday.

Deputies from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday that a search continues for 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez, who investigators have identified as a person of interest in the case.

Lake County Sheriff’s deputies said in a Facebook post that the stabbing unfolded around 3:45 p.m. Saturday at the VFW baseball field near West 173rd Street and Morse Street in unincorporated Lowell, while the 14-year-old girl was watching her brother’s baseball game with her mother.

According to deputies, while watching the game, a person attacked the teen girl and attempted to stab her. When the teen’s mother attempted to intervene, the attacker attempted to stab her as well.

Deputies said in the Facebook post that after the stabbing, a male subject was chased into a nearby wooded area.

Following the incident, authorities recovered what they called a “butcher-style knife” that was believed to have been used in the attack.

The teen girl was later treated at the hospital and released.

  • 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
    26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
  • 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
    26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
  • 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
    26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
  • 26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.
    26-year-old Dimas Gabriel Yanez is wanted in connection with an apparent random stabbing attack at baseball game in Lake County, Indiana.

Lake County K9 and aviation units, detectives and patrol officers from several surrounding areas aided in the search for the person responsible on Sunday but were unsuccessful.

Multiple law enforcement agencies mobilized on Sunday for the search and said they would be visible to the public across Lake County.

Deputies said Yanez, who is believed to stand about 5-foot-6 and weigh around 150 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair.

According to deputies, Yanez should be considered to be armed and dangerous and members of the public are advised not to approach him.

Deputies also advised residents who live near the area where the stabbing occurred to keep their homes and vehicles locked and notify authorities of any suspicious activity.

Anyone with information on the stabbing is asked to contact 911 immediately.