By Associated Press - Wednesday, November 2, 2016

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) - A man has been beaten to death with a hammer and another is in custody in Costa Mesa.

Police were called to a parking area near Vanguard University shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday by witnesses who said they saw someone attack a man sitting in a car and then again after he got out of the vehicle.

Officers found the victim lying on his back in the parking lot.

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Police say the presumed attacker ran off but was captured after being jolted with a stun gun.

Authorities are trying to determine a motive for the attack and whether the men knew each other.

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