A Department of Public Safety search for a suicidal ISU student ended in Edina, Minn., early Wednesday morning.

The graduate student was feared suicidal and classified as a missing person after fleeing his apartment Tuesday evening, said Cpt. Gene Deisinger of the DPS special operations unit. The student fled Ames in his vehicle about 6 p.m., according to police reports, and he was found about 4:10 a.m. Wednesday by Edina police.

The student’s roommate returned home Tuesday and found blood in their apartment, Deisinger said. The roommate called DPS and asked for assistance to start a search.

“[The roommate] wanted us to locate and check on him to make sure he was okay, and he wouldn’t harm himself,” Deisinger said.

Pam Baker, junior in agricultural business, was leaving her apartment when she saw DPS on the scene.

“[The DPS officer] was nervous looking and told the other officer there was blood everywhere,” she said.

Deisinger said DPS and Ames Police Department officers searched the area around the apartment and Ames for the remainder of the evening. After an unsuccessful search, the individual was listed as a missing and endangered person.

“We did a very thorough search of the campus and adjacent areas,” he said. “Despite that, we were unable find him.”

Deisinger said certain criteria must be met to be listed as a missing person.

“In order to be considered a missing person, there must be a reasonable concern, a danger to self or others and they aren’t easily located,” he said.

The student was placed on the missing persons list as a welfare check, meaning DPS wasn’t concerned about any criminal charges, Deisinger said, but simply concerned with his welfare; there was no real worry about harm to others.

“I have no indication anyone else was harmed, but the investigation is still going on,” he said.

DPS is continuing to look into what exactly happened on campus and is trying to fill in the few missing pieces.

The student was located at 4:10 a.m. Wednesday when police in Edina, Minn., received a call from him. Edina Police Chief Mike Siitari said he received a phone call from the student from a gas station pay phone in Edina.

“He basically called in saying he’d cut himself, and he was suicidal,” Siitari said.

Two officers were sent to the scene and found the student waiting in the parking lot.

“He had a deep cut on his arm, actually several cuts,” Siitari said. “There was blood in the car and blood all over the place.”

The police saw he needed medical attention and took the student to Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, where hospital officials said he was admitted. The student’s treatment is still uncertain.

Sgt. Mike Johns, public information officer with the Ames Police Department, said suicide attempts are dealt with on an individual basis.

“Officers are trained to deal with those situations when there is a threat to self or to others,” he said. “If the victim doesn’t voluntarily get help, a court order may be needed.”