BELLINGHAM, WA – A delivery man is recovering after being stabbed in Bellingham earlier this week.

Bellingham Police say they responded to a report of a stabbing on the 1200 block of West Bakerview Road early Wednesday morning.

The victim was a vendor who was making a delivery to the store when an unknown suspect approached and stabbed him in the abdomen as he was walking back to his vehicle.

The victim was able to get away and called for help in the store, while the assailant left in an unknown direction.

Bellingham Fire Department transported the victim, a 66-year-old man from Mt. Vernon, to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are still searching for a suspect.