CLEARLAKE, Calif. – A fight in Clearlake Wednesday night sent one man to a regional trauma center with several stab wounds.
The stabbing was reported at about 10:20 p.m. behind Silk’s Bar and Grill, located at 14825 Lakeshore Drive.
Clearlake Police Sgt. Martin Snyder said officers arrived to find an adult male subject with three apparent stab wounds – two to the body and one to the face.
By the time police arrived, the suspect had fled on foot, Snyder said.
Lake County Fire Protection District, which also responded, requested a REACH air ambulance to come in to transport the victim out of county, according to radio reports.
REACH 1 set down at a landing zone at the ball field at Redbud Park, which is located next to the business, just before 11 p.m. Radio traffic indicated firefighters were having issues with transport due to the crowd.
Snyder said the male victim was flown to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment of his wounds.
He said the name of the man was not yet being released, with the investigation ongoing.
Snyder said the stabbing victim is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, “The suspect is still outstanding,” Snyder said.
He described the suspect as a white male adult in his mid 30s.
Anyone with information about the fight should contact the Clearlake Police Department at 707-994-8251.
The incident at Silk’s was the first of a rash of assaults late Wednesday and early Thursday, with a total of three people flown out to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
A short time after the Silk’s stabbing, another assault victim was reported in the 16000 block of Main Street in Lower Lake, with a CalStar air ambulance requested to transport that subject for treatment of head trauma, radio reports stated.
At about the same time an assault was reported in the 2200 block of Diane Way in Lakeport involving a 19-year-old male subject, according to radio reports.
At 1:45 a.m. Thursday, Lakeport Police and firefighters responded to the Clearlake Club on the report of multiple assault victims down as the result of a bar fight.
The third air ambulance of the night was requested, which REACH 6 arriving at a landing zone at the old Natural High School property on N. Main Street.
The air ambulance lifted off at 2:40 a.m. for Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital with a 28-year-old male who had been injured in the fight, Lakeport Police reported.
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