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The Oakland Police Department said in a statement to ABC News that it is investigating the incident, which took place around 1:15 p.m.

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\"The suspect forcefully took loss from the victim, and fled in a nearby waiting vehicle,\" the police said in a statement.

A representative for Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf told ABC News in a statement that the police are working on collecting any surveillance images from the area where the incident took place.

\"[Schaaf] spoke with the Senator’s family to extend her well wishes for a speedy recovery and was relieved to learn she was not seriously injured,\" spokesman Justin Berton said in a statement.

Boxer, 80, served as California's U.S. Senate representative from 1993 to 2017. She also served in the House of Representatives for a decade.

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