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Masked Suspect Attacks Man With Hammer, Drags Him Into Freezer Area During Gas Station Robbery, Police Say 

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The search is on for a masked man wanted for a vicious gas station robbery in Philadelphia's Ogontz section. Surveillance video shows the man with a hockey mask storming into the Shell gas station on North Broad Street on Monday just before 10 p.m.

Moments later, he attacked a man inside repeatedly hitting him in the head and face with a hammer. Police say he then dragged the victim into a freezer area before taking cash and cigarettes.

Commercial Robbery 6200 N Broad St DC 19 35 080810 by PhiladelphiaPolice on YouTube

The 40-year-old victim is in critical condition.

The robber was last seen running away on Stenton Avenue.

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