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  "textContent": "Police announced an arrest on Friday after a 76-year-old veteran was brutally attacked with a crowbar in Bladensburg earlier this week.\n\n## Crowbar attack suspect arrested\n\nBladensburg Police arrested Kelaachi Kanunye Amadi on Friday, May 8.\n\nThe attack happened shortly after 1 p.m. on May 4. FOX 5's Tisha Lewis spoke with the victim, Edwin Salvatore Gonzalez, after he was released from the hospital this week. Gonzalez said he was at the 7-Eleven on Annapolis Road, when he saw Amadi acting aggressively, banging a crowbar on the counter at the cash register.\n\n**PREVIOUS COVERAGE:**\n\n  * Vietnam vet attacked with crowbar believes he was targeted in hate crime\n  * 76-year-old veteran brutally attacked at laundromat\n\n\n\nGonzalez said he was working as a contractor at the nearby 24-hour Wash and Dry, painting a window for Mother's Day.\n\nAccording to police, Amadi followed Gonzalez from the 7-Eleven, back to the car wash, and attacked him from behind with a tire iron, before walking off.\n\nAmadi was charged on Friday with first and second-degree attempted murder and first and second-degree assault, and is being held without bail.\n\nPolice are still investigating the attack, and asked anyone with information to contact them at 301-864-6080.",
  "title": "Suspect arrested after veteran attacked with crowbar in Maryland"
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