A 50-year-old Port Townsend man was arrested for first-degree assault as police continued to investigate the stabbing of a 42-year-old woman in a mobile home Sunday morning.

Detective Sgt. Brett Anglin of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said multiple neighbors called 911 about 11:30 a.m. Feb. 19 to report a fight between a man and a woman on a property on Pelican Place.

Anglin said the man was seen striking and pushing the woman.

"Deputies and officers from Port Townsend arrived on scene where they could hear a male subject screaming within a motorhome," Anglin said.

Officers forced their way into the home after the man refused to open the door "and they had significant concerns over the female in the structure," he said.

"They encountered a male subject who was noncompliant and making statements to the effect that she was dead," Anglin added.

The woman was found in the motorhome with multiple stab wounds and she was "bleeding profusely."

Anglin said the man was arrested and the stabbing victim was taken by a medical airlift helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The woman was listed in critical condition at 11 p.m. Sunday and was undergoing emergency surgery, Anglin said.

The man was arrested without incident and booked into Jefferson County Jail.

Anglin said he could not immediately identify the man who was arrested.

According to the county's online jail roster, John Lewis Allen was booked into jail at 5:49 p.m. Sunday for first-degree assault (domestic violence).

A team from the Washington State Patrol's crime lab arrived at the home on Pelican Place about 9 a.m. Monday. 

Four other law enforcement vehicles were also on scene; from the sheriff's office, Washington State Patrol, and Port Townsend Police Department.

The motorhome described as police as the location of the stabbing was parked in a driveway to a manufactured home. Yellow police tape was strung from the trees around the lot, with the tape cut near the street so the crime lab van could park near the mobile home. The property appeared cluttered, with large stacks of items covered by sheets of black plastic. Piles of discarded items, including a broken bicycle, bookmarked one end of the home.

The motorhome appeared to be a late-model tan-and-white camper van, with its top covered by moss. A number of large, red plastic gas cans were strewn on the ground near the back end of the vehicle.

Anglin said investigators would continue to gather evidence at the scene through Monday.