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Baseball Bat Attack In Berkeley Leaves Victim Suffering Head Wounds

BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- A person suffered a head injury when someone hit them with a bat Sunday afternoon outside a liquor store in Berkeley, police said.

Dispatchers received a call at 1:55 p.m. from Alameda County Sheriff's deputies reporting a fight involving several people outside Black & White Store at 3027 Adeline St.

The victim suffered injuries not considered life-threatening, police Sgt. Jack Friedman said.

The suspect fled the area after the assault.

Police are describing the suspect as a black woman in her 30s, weighing about 200 pounds and standing 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 5 inches tall, Friedman said.

She was wearing blue plaid pants, a white long-sleeve shirt or jacket. She was carrying a bright red shoulder bag with a black strap.

Her hair, which was in a weave or was a wig, went down to the middle of her back.

Friedman said she fled in a black Chrysler Sebring.

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