A woman used pepper spray late last night to fend off an attacker in Richmond's Oregon Hill area.
Richmond police Capt. Dave Martin said the 18-year-old victim "was a little scraped up but she refused medical treatment."
The woman told police the attack occurred at 11:50 p.m. in the 300 block of South Cherry Street, just south of Virginia Commonwealth University's Monroe Park campus, when an older male approached her and tried to forcibly take her backpack.
When the man punched her, she sprayed him with pepper spray and was able to run to safety, Martin said.
No suspect information was available, but Martin said indications were it may have been one of a number of homeless men living in the area.
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