JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – On May 2, 2021 at 0736 hours, the Jamestown Police Department responded to investigate a report of an aggravated assault that occurred at 122 Sunnyside Trailer Court.

Upon arrival, the investigating officers determined that a 47-year-old male victim was asleep in bed when a male assailant broke into a trailer he was staying at.

“The assailant stabbed the victim once in the abdomen while making terroristic threats,” Major Justin Blinsky stated. “The assailant then left the area on a black bicycle.”

The victim was taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center by ambulance where he was treated for a stab wound in the abdomen and was later released.

“The investigation into this incident has determined the assailant and victim know each other,” Major Blinsky reports. “The investigation also indicates the assailant specifically targeted the victim and no current danger exists to the community.

The Jamestown Police Department is looking for a person of interest to be questioned about this assault. The person of interest has been identified as 44-year-old Timothy Allen Ost of Jamestown.

Ost is a white male, approximately 5’09” tall, weighing 170 lbs, and has grayish-brown hair. Ost was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt and blue jeans and riding a black bicycle. Anyone with information regarding Mr. Ost’s whereabouts or information related to this incident is asked to contact the Jamestown Police Department at 701-252-1000.

The Jamestown Police Department was assisted by the Stutsman County Sheriffs Department, the North Dakota Highway Patrol and Jamestown Ambulance Service.

The investigation into this incident is on-going.