MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. (AP) — A man stabbed five people at a suburban strip mall, killing a 1-year-old girl, before a bystander clubbed him over the head with a flashlight and restrained him until police arrived, authorities said.

Brett Carlson, 26, was charged with murder Friday and four counts of attempted murder, Cook County State's Attorney spokeswoman Marcy Jensen said.

It could not be immediately determined whether Carlson had a lawyer. A bond hearing was scheduled for Saturday.

Authorities said Carlson had earlier set fire to the house he shared with his mother before Thursday's rampage, but no one was seriously injured. The attack seemed to be random, police said.

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"He walked up to somebody in the parking lot, talked to him for a minute, then stabbed him," deputy police chief Fred Kozik said. "He ran away, walked up to somebody else and stabbed that person, too."

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