Two early-morning stabbings have left Ames Police with clues but no suspects.

At about 12:50 a.m. Saturday, Ames Police responded to a call by a cashier at Kum & Go, 203 Welch Ave., that a person had entered the store with blood on his shirt, saying he had just been stabbed.

The victim, Jeffrey Scott Lundgren of Ames, was lying in the first aisle of Kum & Go when Patrol Sgt. Geoff Huff and Officer Matt Duncan arrived. Paramedics were treating Lundgren, 22, who was conscious and talking, when Huff and Duncan arrived.

Lundgren had been stabbed multiple times and was complaining about his breathing.

None of the employees at the scene would comment on the morning’s incident.

Shortly before 1 a.m., an ambulance from the Mary Greeley Medical Center arrived at the convenience store.

Immediately after Lundgren was loaded into the ambulance, Ames Police were dispatched to the northwest corner of ISU parking lot 60, where a second stabbing victim was found between parked cars.

Officers said they believed the stabbings were connected, but could not speculate on the motive.

Huff said he did not know if the ISU Department of Public Safety Parking Division found the second victim or if the victim flagged down an officer.

The second victim was identified as Shayne Lyle Wiesenhofer of Ames.

Wiesenhofer, 20, suffered at least two stab wounds and cuts on his right arm and the left side of his abdomen.

Wiesenhofer was bleeding but standing when the ambulance arrived.

According to a press release from the Ames Police Department, both victims are being treated at the Mary Greeley Medical Center.

Ames Police Officer Tom Shelton joined Huff in searching the area outside of Reign, 2522 Chamberlain St., for clues.

As the two made their way west, the officers spotted a large drop of blood on the sidewalk adjacent to Chamberlain Street and streaks of blood on a wooden door leading to the back of the dance club.

Huff said he spoke to the club’s bartender, who said he had no idea anything was going on outside.

Officers found more blood near the nightclub on a fence and said they believed Wiesenhofer had jumped over it and then run to Lot 60.

Huff and Shelton moved their search to the rear of Pizza Pit, 207 Welch Ave., but said they were unable to find any more clues until an employee told Shelton he had seen someone throw something on top of the garbage can outside the facility’s rear entrance.

Shelton spotted a knife on top of the garbage can and closed off the area so further investigation could take place.

Shelton and Huff said they did not want to speculate on whether it was the weapon used in the stabbing.

The employees at Pizza Pit also told officers about a surveillance camera that was pointed toward the area where the knife was found.

A tape from the camera was given to police, but Huff said the resolution of the type of camera used is usually not the best and police may only be able to spot someone running through the frame.

“You hate to see something like this happen so close to Veishea, what with all the shadows of last year’s events still on everyone’s mind,” said Lt. Mike Brennan, who was also at the scene.

Police said Saturday that they are investigating the double stabbing but do not have a suspect in custody. On Sunday, they said they had no new information.

They are asking anyone with information to contact their office at 239-5133.