78-year-old man injured following hammer attack at church in North Baltimore on Sunday
BALTIMORE -- A 78-year-old man was injured after another man struck him with a hammer at a church in North Baltimore on Sunday, according to authorities.
The hammer attack occurred at 10:13 a.m., police said.
That's when officers on patrol in the northern part of the city were sent to a church in the 4300 block of Old York Road to investigate a report of an aggravated assault, according to authorities.
Several church members detained the 55-year-old hammer-wielding man following the attack, police said.
The man who was struck by the hammer had only a minor cut to the ear, according to authorities.
Investigators believe that the hammer-wielding man was suffering from a mental crisis. He was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated, police said.
Medics took the 78-year-old man with the ear injury to an area hospital for precautionary measures, according to authorities.