Butler police are seeking two men accused of a weekend attack at a city home that left another man unconscious and badly injured.

Dakota John McFarland, 21, and Jeremiah Scott Fleeger, 35, are wanted on felony assault charges.

On Sunday morning, police spoke to the victim, Julian Bindernagel, 22, in the emergency room at Butler Memorial Hospital. He identified McFarland and Fleeger as his assailants — and his friends, according to court documents.

Bindernagel recounted that the three of them were drinking Black Velvet whiskey on his front porch Saturday, when McFarland made a rude comment about his sister.

Police said Bindernagel took offense to the remark and told his friends to leave. The defendants walked off the porch but remained standing near a van belonging to the victim's father.

Bindernagel approached them and told them a second time to leave, documents said.

“At this point,” according to a police affidavit, “Bindernagel stated he is unsure what happened but woke up on the ground being strangled by McFarland.”

A full report will appear in the Butler Eagle.