MAYVILLE, ND. (KFGO) – Four men and a juvenile have been charged with a violent assault on the Mayville State University Campus. The search for 37-year-old Norberto Zapata, Jr., continues, he has been charged with attempted murder. The others face assault-conspiracy charges.

Traill County Sheriff Steve Hunt says none of the suspects attend the university and a motive is not clear.

The victim, who is a student, reported that he was grabbed by the hair, punched in the eye, hit with a baseball bat, stabbed in the head and thigh and run over by a car on January 9th.

Sheriff Hunt says security video from the school was used to help identify the suspects and the cars they were in.