A police report released Tuesday says a brutal attack on a man near the Seattle/Shoreline border last week may have been a case of mistaken identity.

Police were called to the 14300 block of Stone Ave N at 12:50 am on March 2nd after neighbors in a nearby apartment building heard a "loud disturbance" and found a 41-year-old man bleeding on the front steps of the building.

According to the report, one neighbor told police he heard a disturbance outside of his apartment and saw 5 white males get into a gold Chevy Lumina and flee the scene. Moments later, the 41-year-old man buzzed the neighbor for help.

The neighbor told police he "believes the assault was a case of mistaken identity."

Officers also spoke with another tenant in the apartment building who said "she believes the assault occurred due to narcotics activity" in the area. The report says the woman told police "people come and go from [a nearby] residence at all hours of the night" and that she "was not surprised this [assault] occurred."

Police found a Red Ford Fusion parked at the scene with a damage to several windows, and recovered metal bar—which the report says may have been used in the assault—a bloody baseball hat, and a broken beer bottle.

The victim of the assault suffered several lacerations to the head and was taken to Harborview.