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Man Suspected In Hammer Assault On Woman Captured
COLUMBUS, Minn. (AP) - A man wanted for beating a woman with a hammer was captured after an extensive search by land and air of some woods in Anoka County.
Sheriff's Commander Paul Sommer says a passer-by discovered a car in the ditch along a road in Columbus about 7:00 a.m. this morning.
The witness told authorities the man in the vehicle had beaten the woman with a hammer and that she was covered with blood.
The male suspect fled.
First responders took the 25-year-old woman to Regions Hospital.
Sommer says she is expected to survive the assault.
A State Patrol helicopter and a search dog helped deputies and Lino Lakes officers look for the suspect who had fled into some woods.
He was captured after a search lasting about three hours.
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