A KINGSPORT MAN SUSTAINED NUMEROUS INJURIES AFTER HE TOLD POLICE HE WAS ASSAULTED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED BLACK MAN. KINGSPORT POLICE FOUND MICHAEL BOWYER INSIDE A RESIDENCE ON CENTER STREET UNCONSCIOUS AND BLEEDING FROM A SEVERE CUT TO HIS NOSE. WITNESSES SAY BOWYER GOT INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION WITH THE MAN NEAR HIS RESIDENCE AND THE SUSPECT PICKED UP A NEARBY 2 BY 4 BOARD AND STRUCK BOWYER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT HIS HEAD AND FACE. THE SUSPECT THEN LEFT, WALKING EASTBOUND ON EAST CENTER STREET. BOWYER WAS TAKEN TO WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. THE SUSPECT IS SIX FEET, 280 TO 300 POUNDS, SHAVED HEAD, LAST SEEN WEARING A SHORT-SLEEVE TEE SHIRT, BLUE SHORTS, AND WHITE SNEAKERS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT KINGSPORT POLICE.