Authorities in Pottawattamie County say a Council Bluffs man faces Attempted Murder and Willful Injury charges following a stabbing incident that occurred Wednesday afternoon in the area of N. 20th Street and Avenue C, in Council Bluffs. Officers were called to the scene a little after 1:35-p.m.

Officials say two men were allegedly involved in an altercation inside a residence. The suspect, 34-year old John D. Zardus, allegedly used a sharp instrument to stab the victim, 39-year old Jarod K. Mowery, also of Council Bluffs, in the neck and cheek.

Zardus immediately fled the area and was apprehended several blocks away without further incident. Mowery suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment.

Zardus was transported to Corrections and book in on charges mentioned.