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Man Assaulted At 'Flea Market' Event In Annapolis By Shovels, Garden Rake

ANNAPOLIS (WJZ) — Police are investigating after a man in Annapolis was assaulted by garden tools over the weekend.

Officers responded to the 1700 block of Forest Drive for a reported assault on Saturday.

The victim was in the parking lot of an American Legion at a "flea market" type event where vendors had set up, when several suspects came through the woods and assaulted him, striking him with shovels and a garden rake.

The suspects fled in a dark sedan. The victim said he suffered head pain and had cuts and abrasions to his arms and hands.

He was taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.

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