COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Police said an elderly man is in critical condition after being robbed and beaten outside of a College Park church just before midnight Mass on Christmas Eve.
Prince George's County police said the 69-year-old man was found in the parking lot of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. They said he was beaten with a baseball bat and had severe facial injuries.
An archdiocese spokeswoman said the man had dropped his wife off for choir practice and was parking his car in the dark lot when the robber approached him.
The man was taken to a hospital, where he's in critical condition.
Police are searching for the suspected robber, who took the victim's wallet.
The suspect is described as possibly a black or Hispanic male, approximately 20 years of age, 190 pounds, wearing a black sweater and armed with a baseball bat.
