A stabbing victim is fighting for their life at a Mobile-area hospital after police said they were attacked by a 32-year-old woman Saturday morning, police said.

Meanwhile, the suspect, 32-year-old Erin Hendershott, was injured when she tried to fight a witness to the stabbing and the witness hit her with a lamp, Mobile police said Monday.

Officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 7000 block of Whitehall Drive around 9:11 a.m. Saturday.

That’s where they found the victim with a stab wound and Hendershott with a non-life-threatening injury.’

The investigation revealed Hendershott stabbed the victim, who was not publicly identified, and tried to fight a witness, who then struck her with a lamp vase, police said.

The stabbing victim was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

Hendershott was taken to Mobile County Metro Jail following the incident.