SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are looking for a suspect accused of assaulting a man with a hammer in Somerville last week.
Officers responding to a reported assault at a multi-family residence on Vinal Street around 10 a.m. on June 16 met with a man who said while he was working in the back yard, another man came up behind him and assaulted him with a hammer and his fist, according to Somerville police.
A struggle ensued until a coworker of the victim intervened, police said.
The suspect allegedly fled the area in a black Cadillac.
An investigation remains ongoing.
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