SHAMOKIN DAM — One man is in custody and another man is being sought in connection with Tuesday night’s assault that left two men injured in a motel parking lot.

Gary Lynn Hunt, 31, of Lumberton, N.C., is being held in Snyder County Prison in lieu of $200,000 cash for stabbing Daniel Ramon, 25, of Fort Worth, Texas, in the stomach with a knife.

Daniel Gomez, 47, of Arlington, Texas, was struck in the forehead with a hammer by a man who was still being sought by police Wednesday afternoon and may have fled the area, Shamokin Dam police Chief Robert Lockcuff said.

Responding to a report of a fight in progress at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Shamokin Dam police officer Justin Harrington said he came upon about seven men fighting in the rear parking lot of the Econo Lodge off Routes 11-15.

The men, construction workers from out of town who are staying at the motel, were embroiled in an altercation stemming from allegations that a friend of Hunt’s brother had been robbed, the criminal complaint said.

Lockcuff said the victims were the alleged robbers of a gold necklace.

Hunt told police he had a silver pocket knife with him when he went to his brother’s room to investigate, court records said.

According to police, Hunt confessed to stabbing Ramon.

He said he was struck in the head by a beer can and lashed out at Ramon with the knife, cutting him in the stomach.

Several other men got involved in the fight and an unidentified man struck Gomez in the forehead with a hammer, Lockcuff said.

Gomez’s alleged attacker has not been identified, he said.

Police found two knives and a wooden hammer allegedly used in the attacks underneath parked cars in the motel lot.

Ramon required 21 staples to close the knife wound. Both he and Gomez were treated and released.

Lockuff said five men were being questioned about the incident. Alcohol was involved, he said.

Hunt is scheduled to appear at an Aug. 14 preliminary hearing before District Judge Edward Mihalik on charges of aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and simple assault.