One Hays man is in custody and another has been treated for minor injuries after police investigated a reported stabbing Wednesday evening.

Hays Police Chief Don Scheibler said officers responded to a call the 100 block of East 15th at 8:11 p.m. Wednesday and, after investigation, determined a male had been stabbed and the suspect had fled the scene.

Officers then began a search for the suspect and located him in the 500 block of Vine, where he was arrested without incident at 8:42 p.m., Schiebler said.

Shawn C. Bandt, 40, Hays, was booked into the Ellis County jail on suspicion of aggravated battery.

The 31-year-old victim, Scheibler said, received only minor injuries.

“This was not a random attack,” the chief pointed out. “These two individuals were acquaintances.”

He said the incident Wednesday evening appeared to be part of an “ongoing conflict.”