Pair Sought in Assault Over Use of Pay Phone
Los Angeles police detectives were searching Thursday for two men who attacked two other men with a hammer and screwdriver when one of them refused to get off a pay telephone in Wilmington on Wednesday, authorities said.
Marcial Galdamez, 39, of Van Nuys was in critical condition Thursday at County-USC Medical Center after being struck several times in the head with a hammer. Jose Santos, 26, who was stabbed in the arm with a screwdriver, was treated and released at Permanente Medical Center in Harbor City.
Galdamez was using the phone at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Figueroa Street to get directions from a friend, police said. Santos had accompanied him to the phone.
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