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Victim injured with hammer during robbery

A man was hit in the head with a hammer during a robbery in the east valley Wednesday morning.

About 2:45 a.m., another man wearing all dark clothing attacked him and took cash behind a 7-Eleven at 15 N. Lamb Blvd., Metropolitan Police Department Lt. David Gordon said. Police are still looking for the robber, who ran.

Gordon said the man robbed had a half-inch cut on the right side of his head. He declined treatment.

Contact Mike Shoro at mshoro@reviewjournal.com. Follow @mike_shoro on Twitter.

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