Masked man armed with hammer tries to take car keys in Walsall
A masked man armed with a hammer tried to steal car keys from a woman in Walsall before being forced to flee.
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The man approached the driver of the car and grabbed her keys in an attempted carjacking on Green Lane, Leamore, at around 1.40pm on Tuesday.
The woman, in her 40s, struggled and retrieved her keys – before noticing the man was armed with a hammer.
The man and two accomplices fled on a black motorcycle and a red moped after neighbours were alerted.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police said: "No-one was injured and no arrests have been made."
Anyone with information is asked to contact the force via Live Chat at west-midlands.police.uk between 8am and midnight or by calling 101 anytime quoting 20WS/126476X/19
