LAKEWOOD, CA - Police in Southern California are conducting an investigation after a man was beaten to death in the middle of a store.

According to Lakewood Police, the man was in the sporting goods section of a Wal-Mart Tuesday, when another man beat him to death with a baseball bat.

Authorities took a suspect into custody and closed the store.

Officials are still working to figure out what led to the attack.  As of now, they think it was unprovoked.