A man was left with a broken arm and other injuries after being attacked by a would-be robber wielding what police described as a large stick near Richmond's Shockoe Hill Cemetery.
The 61-year-old victim was treated at VCU Medical Center for a fractured forearm and numerous lacerations after the assault, which occurred at 9:30 last night in the 1100 block of North Second Street, just west of the cemetery, Richmond police Capt. Scott Booth said.
Police were processing evidence left behind by the attacker.
Booth said the victim told police he was walking home from a convenience store when he was confronted by the attacker, who demanded money.
"Give it up or I'm going to kill you," the attacker told him before beating him repeatedly with the stick, Booth said.
The man told police his attacker ran off before returning on a bicycle -- still carrying the stick -- and began beating him again. The man again fled on foot, leaving behind the bicycle and stick, and did not return, Booth said.
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