Man Killed In Hammer Attack In Brockton

 Police are investigating a fatal hammer attack on a 74-year-old Brockton man family members said was a minister who was on his way to visit his daughter.

    Police responded to calls about an injured man on Clinton Street at about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday. Seventy-four-year-old Lee Harmon, was found with what the Plymouth district attorney's office described as ``massive head wounds'' and a gash to the lower right arm. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

    Family members and friends said Harmon was a Pentecostal minister who had seven children and several grandchildren. They said he was riding his bicycle to visit his disabled daughter when he was attacked.

    Broadcast reports said a hammer was recovered at the scene.

    Witnesses told investigators they heard a crash and commotion, followed by breaking glass and a verbal confrontation.  (Associated Press)