UPDATE: Ames Police Investigate Stabbing, Ask for Public's Help

Ames Police released the name of the man who was reportedly stabbed in the 400 block of East 7^th Street Wednesday and asked for the public's help to locate a dark colored SUV that was in the area about 6:40 p.m.

Eddie Williams, 27, was taken to the Mary Greeley Medical Center  about 7 p.m. Wednesday. Staff there reported the stabbing to police saying that a man came to the emergency room with “an apparent stab wound to the chest,” which required surgery, a release from the police department said.

Williams' condition is not being released.

Police believe that Williams knew the person who stabbed him.

CMDR. Geoff Huff declined to give the exact location of the fight. A cluster of townhomes and apartments called Eastwood sit at the end of the street behind a cemetery. 

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Ames Police Department at 239-5317 or 239-5133 or at the anonymous tip line at 239-5533. People may also provide tips to Story County Crime Stoppers at (515) 382-7577, or by texting the word “STORYCOUNTY” plus the tip to 274637 (CRIMES). Tipsters may also go to: www.storycountycs.com.