CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Police are searching for a man who they say is a person of interest in the Thursday stabbing of a Clearlake resident.

Clearlake Police Sgt. Nick Bennett said 56-year-old Randy Beebe of Clearlake is believed to be connected to the stabbing, which occurred Thursday afternoon.

At approximately 4:29 p.m. Clearlake Police officers were dispatched to Clearlake Park in response to a report of a male who appeared to have been stabbed, Bennett said.

On arrival officers located Clearlake resident Donald Woita, 27, in the 3000 block of 10th Street, according to Bennett.

Woita had a stab wound to his chest. Bennett said Woita was given emergency treatment at the scene by Lake County Fire paramedics then transported to Austin Park where a REACH air ambulance picked him up and flew him to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

Detectives located a witness who provided information that Woita had been involved in an altercation on the 13000 block of Arrowhead Drive in Clearlake, Bennett said.

The residence where the altercation was reported to have taken place was located and evidence at the scene indicated that the information was correct, according to Bennett.

Further information was developed that led Clearlake Police detectives to believe Beebe, who resides at the Arrowhead address, is a person of interest in this case. As of Thursday night, Beebe had not been located, Bennett said.

Bennett said that at approximately 9:30 p.m. Thursday, Clearlake Police officers were advised that Woita had been released from Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact Det. Ryan Peterson at 707-994-8251, Extension 320.