ST. LOUIS • A man is in critical condition after he and his girlfriend were assaulted by a group of at least 15 people, according to St. Louis police.

A woman, 34, told police she and her boyfriend, 37, saw a group of unknown males harassing a teenage female neighbor outside their home on the 3700 block of Virginia Avenue on Sunday around 6 p.m. She said she tried to intervene by yelling for the group to stop. Soon after that, a female began to argue with the couple, she said.

The female used a tree limb to hit her on the head several times, the victim told officers, and the 15 males used their fists and other items to assault the couple. The attackers fled before police arrived.

The man was in critical condition with a head injury. Police said the woman was hospitalized but was stable.

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