Police say the guard was asking a homeless person to leave the shopping center, when the man took his baton and hit him over the head with it. The suspect was arrested shortly after.
Officials say they responded to calls of assault with a deadly weapon outside the O'Reilly Auto Parts on La Sierra Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. When they arrived, they found the security guard on the ground, bleeding.
According to an employee at the auto parts store, the security guard was asking a homeless man to leave the shopping center, when the man allegedly took the security guard's baton, hit him over the head with it, and ran away.
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