A man is in custody after he hit two women in the face with a hammer near Navy Pier Tuesday, police said. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Michael Shin

CHICAGO — A man is in custody after he hit two women in the face with a hammer near Navy Pier Tuesday, police said.

Two 55-year-old women were walking on the bike path in the 500 block of North Lake Shore Drive around 6:30 p.m. when the man attacked them with the hammer, said Officer Janel Sedevic, a police spokeswoman. The man ran off but was caught by police, Sedevic said.

Both women were taken to Northwestern Hospital in serious condition, Sedevic said.

Charges are pending against the man. No relationship between the man and the women seems to exist, Sedevic said.

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