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A man was attacked while walking home from Canton near O'Donnell Square late Tuesday night.Mobile users tap here for videoOver the summer in Baltimore's Canton neighborhood, there have been a number of violent attacks on men and women, and robbery is usually the motive.For Matthew Straub, who has lived in Canton with his girlfriend for about a month, it was a huge wake-up call."I was walking ... and they came around this corner. I didn't even have time to react at all," Straub said. "I had no idea what was going on. They came out swinging, and I didn't have a second to react."Late Tuesday night, Straub said he couldn't find a parking spot near his home, so he parked several blocks away near O'Donnell Square. After having a few beers with friends there, he began walking home on Curley Street, where he said three teens jumped him -- one sucker-punched him while the other two beat him."I ended up down on the ground, and I just remember thinking, 'I have to get back to my feet,'" Straub said.Straub said he was able to punch one of the teens, knocking him to the ground. They then took off, leaving him with a broken hand and broken cheekbone. Straub said he might have to undergo surgery to fix his cheekbone.The violent act highlights safety concerns some in the neighborhood have had this summer after recent attacks in Canton. A couple of months ago, a 35-year-old woman walking up Luzerne Avenue was attacked by two unidentified men who knocked her to the ground, hit her in the face several times and stole her purse. A few days later, a 25-year-old woman was assaulted and her purse was stolen."I got to walk away and everything's OK, but a lady, my girlfriend or someone of lesser stature, I think it could have gone really, really bad," Straub said.Straub said he told 11 News his story to warn his fellow neighbors, but he also thinks stepped up patrols in the neighborhood would help as well."Obviously, I was walking down a street at 12:30 at night, and that's probably not the smartest thing, but I think a little more police presence would probably help those situations, make them think twice about doing it," Straub said.Straub was only able to give a vague description of his attackers. Police are investigating but said they don't have much to go on.Police said robberies have actually been down in the Southeastern District, but they said that pace has recently begun to pick up again.