California woman visiting NYC stabbed multiple times while changing baby's diaper in Macy's bathroom

NEW YORK -- A pistillate visiting New York from Jurupa Valley, California was changing her 10-month-old girl successful a seventh-floor restroom astatine a Macy's connected Thursday erstwhile a pistillate abruptly stabbed her from behind, according to police.

It happened astatine the section store successful Herald Square conscionable earlier 3 p.m.

According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the 38-year-old unfortunate and her spouse are some LASD employees. They were capable to disarm the fishy and held her down until authorities arrived, according to ABC News.

The unfortunate was taken to a section infirmary wherever she's listed successful unchangeable condition.

Meantime, the suspect, who's been identified arsenic 43-year-old Kerri Aherne of Massachusetts, has been charged with attempted murder, battle and transgression possession of a weapon, according to police.

A Macy's spokesperson released a connection saying, "We are profoundly saddened astir the incidental that took spot contiguous arsenic the information of our customers and colleagues is our apical priority. We kindly defer immoderate further questions to the section authorities."

Police accidental the onslaught appeared to beryllium unprovoked.

This is simply a processing story. This nonfiction volition proceed to beryllium updated arsenic much accusation becomes available.

ABC News contributed to this report.