Linebacker Erik Walden and his girlfriend were seriously injured in an attack that took place Saturday evening . The ex-girlfriend of the Indianapolis Colts star , Erica Palmer , broke into his house through a backdoor and attacked him and his girlfriend , whose name has not been released , with a bat . The two allegedly found Palmer sitting on the couch with a loaded gun waiting to attack , and as they tried to leave for the hospital after she broke the woman 's arm with the bat , Palmer surprised them by jumping out of the woods and slashing Walden 's arm with a knife . All this as Palmer left the two young children she has with Walden alone in a car a mile away . Indianapolis Colts linebacker Erik Walden ( left ) and his girlfriend suffered serious injuries after an attack that took place Saturday night at the hands of his ex Erica Palmer ( right ) Palmer reportedly left her two young children with Walden ( above ) alone in a car roughly a mile away during the attack . NBC 11 reports that Palmer suspected that Walden was seeing other woman , so she parked the car a mile away to see if she could catch him in the act . After the two came in shortly before midnight and saw Palmer with the gun , Walden , who owns the weapon , managed to wrestle it away from the woman . Walden claims that Palmer then began swinging the bat at the two , breaking his female companion 's arm . Palmer fled after this and Walden called police , who came , took a statement and left . Then , when Walden left to drive the female to the hospital to have her arm treated , Palmer jumped out of the woods with a knife and slashed his arm . Police were able to locate Palmer soon after using her cell phone to track her and she has been charged with multiple crimes , including several counts of aggravated assault . The two young children have been placed in Walden 's care and Palmer is being held at the Hall County Jail .
Indianapolis Colts linebacker Erik Walden and his girlfriend suffered serious injuries after an attack that took place Saturday night . Erica Palmer , Walden 's ex , broke into his house , took his loaded gun and threatened him and his girlfriend with the weapon . Walden managed to wrestle the gun away , at which point Palmer allegedly attacked them with a bat , breaking the woman 's arm . Palmer ran off and police came and took statements , leaving soon after . The couple was released from hospital on Sunday morning.