Police are looking for two suspects after a man was repeatedly hit over the head with a chain and his belongings stolen, Sarnia police say.
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Officers responding to a report of an injured man at a Christina Street North business, near Maxwell Street, about 1:30 am Sunday found a 43-year-old man with multiple head lacerations, police said.
Lambton EMS paramedics took the man to Bluewater Health, where he was treated and later released, police said.
Security video footage from the business showed the man sleeping, hunched over at an outdoor table, before several individuals appeared on bikes, police said.
The video shows one rider take a red bag of belongings from the sleeping victim, police said. The other rider can be seen hitting the man over the head about a dozen times with what appeared to be a chain with a makeshift handle.
Part of the weapon was recovered later by investigators, police said.
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The two suspects then fled the area on bikes, leaving the injured man to be discovered later, police said. An employee leaving the business found the injured man and called police.
Police are looking for two suspects:
- One was last seen wearing a gray jacket, black pants and black shoes and had a gray backpack.
- The other was last seen wearing black pants, a black jacket with Reebok-like lettering, and Nike Jordan shoes with white symbols and white soles.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Det.-Const. Mark Bennett at 519-344-8861, ext. 6190, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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