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Police Seek Tips on Brutal Beating in Napa

PD: Victim is in a coma with "serious head injuries;" no suspects have been identified in Saturday's group attack.

An assault by an unspecified number of young men has left their victim in a coma, according to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon by Napa police:

The is seeking information regarding an assault that occurred on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at about 9:30 P.M. near the intersection of California Blvd. and Oak St. in the City of Napa.

The male victim was physically assaulted by a group of young male subjects described as being in their late teens or early twenties wearing white T-shirts and black hooded sweatshirts.

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The suspects fled on foot and there is no additional information.

The victim suffered serious head injuries and is currently in a coma.

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Anyone with information is urged to call Detective Mike Walund at the Napa Police Department 707-257-9264, or send an anonymous tip to the Napa Police Department by texting the word 707NPD and the tip information to 847411 (tip411).

The Napa Valley Crimestoppers program offers cash for anonymous tips that lead to arrests, with or without convictions: text 274637 and include "nvcs" in the message.

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