Amador County – Multiple assailants left a man with a broken jaw after an attack Tuesday on French Bar Road in Jackson.

Jackson Police Captain Christy Stidger said police were looking for multiple assailants in an assault with “great bodily injury,” after receiving a call at 8:27 p.m. Tuesday of a report of “assault with a deadly weapon,” at 541 South Highway 49, at the Taco Bell in Jackson, after which the assailants left together in a van.

Stidger said “officers located the victim, Jeffrey Scharnow, on French Bar Road just east of Highway 49. Scharnow had been assaulted by approximately six to seven male subjects. A witness described Scharnow as being knocked down” like “a rag doll” and “being unable to get up again.”

Scharnow, 19, and an Amador County resident, was “transported to Sutter Amador Hospital and later flown out to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Sacramento,” Stidger said. “The victim’s injuries consisted of a broken jaw, facial abrasions and lacerations. Other possible injuries had not been confirmed” as of Tuesday at noon. Scharnow could not tell law enforcement anything at the time due to his injuries.

Edwin Garcia, public affairs officer with Kaiser Permanente said that he remained in fair condition late Wednesday afternoon at Kaiser South Sacramento Medical Center.

Stidger said in the report that no weapons were seen or located at the scene, and “according to witnesses, all of the subjects jumped into the van, and the driver of the van left” headed south on Highway 49 “at a high rate of speed.

“One subject was described as a white male adult, 18-20 years old, wearing a red shirt, black shorts, and a black hat. Another suspect is described as a Mexican male adult, about 5-feet, 7-inches tall, 140-150 pounds, wearing a gray shirt with the ‘Element’ logo,” for skate equipment. “A third suspect is described as a white male adult, 5-feet, 7-inches tall, blond hair, blue eyes, wearing a white T-shirt and unknown color shorts.”

JPD said the investigation is ongoing, with several leads. Anyone who may have witnessed the altercation or can provide any additional information is asked to contact the JPD at (209) 223-1771.

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