LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department is searching for a male subject who is alleged to have assaulted another man in Library Park on Thursday afternoon.

The agency reported that the assault occurred at 3:45 p.m.

Firefighters and police were dispatched to the area of the park's gazebo, where the male victim had been knocked unconscious and was bleeding from the head, according to radio reports.

Police said the responsible male subject fled on foot north along the lakeshore near the old Natural High School Property and Dutch Harbor.

He swam across Dutch Harbor then ran through the Mallard House property and was last seen on 10th Street near Renee’s Café at approximately 4 p.m., police reported.

Police described the man as being in his early 20s, with short dark hair and wearing a purple ball cap with a flat bill, blue shorts, no shirt and no shoes, and large green ear rings in each ear.

Witnesses told police that the male subject appeared to be trying to locate someone to give him a ride.

Anyone with information on the incident or suspects location is asked to call the Lakeport Police Department at 707-263-5491.