(05/30/18) - A fight between two girls escalated leaving a teen boy stabbed and another behind bars.

The situation started around 4 a.m. Wednesday at Mt. Pleasant's Mill Pond Park.

Mt. Pleasant Police Public Information Officer Jeff Browne said an argument between the two girls turned into a physical fight.

At some point police believe 19-year-old Baylee Evans of Mt. Pleasant punched one of the girls involved in the fight.

That lead to an altercation between Evans and a 17-year-old from Rosebush.

"Started out as a fist fight, pushing fight, and then nobody really saw the knife come out, nobody really knows where the knife was, nobody actually saw the stabbing, the initial information. The knife is approximately four inches in length, the blade, it reminds me of a hunting-style knife," Browne said.

Browne said the 17-year-old was stabbed in the abdomen, upper chest and leg.

He's in stable condition, but had to be transferred out of a Mt. Pleasant hospital to another facility due to the severity of his injuries. He is expected to survive.

Evans left the park before police arrived. Police later arrested him at a Union Township home.

Wednesday afternoon an Isabella County judge charged him with Assault with Great Bodily Harm Less than Murder, Carrying Concealed Weapon, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, and Simple Assault.

Police later learned 10 people between the ages of 17 and 20 were at the park when this unfolded.

"So that's one of the things we're still trying to figure out, why they were there. Our parks close at 11 o'clock and our parks are not designed for people to be in, in the early morning hours because there's not enough lighting and it's dangerous," Browne said.

Police arrested one other person who was at the park. Browne said she violated her probation.

At this point police don't expect to charge anyone else.