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  "textContent": "A 76-year-old Maryland man and Vietnam War veteran is hospitalized after what his family describes as a brutal and unprovoked attack at a Bladensburg laundromat.\n\nBladensburg police have identified the suspect as Kelachi Amadi.\n\nHe is in custody and charged with second-degree attempted murder and malicious wounding.\n\nThe victim, 76-year-old Salvator Gonzalez, remains hospitalized following the attack.\n\nPolice say the incident happened Monday between noon and 1 p.m. at the Bladensburg 24 Hour Wash and Dry.\n\nAccording to family members, Gonzalez was working as a contractor at the laundromat, painting window art ahead of Mother’s Day.\n\nHis son says the suspect attacked him from behind, striking him at least twice in the head with a crowbar.\n\nThe assault left Gonzalez with severe injuries, including lacerations, a blood clot and requiring more than 100 stitches.\n\n\"My father doesn’t even understand why it happened,\" said Diego Gonzales, the victim’s son.\n\n\"He was at the 7-11 on Annapolis Road in Bladensburg, he had seen this individual there acting aggressive with the cashier and he had followed my father for a block and a half before this attack happened.\"",
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