ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis County police are investigating a deadly baseball bat attack.
A police spokesman says the unidentified male victim was found about 10 a.m. Thursday in a strip mall parking lot in the 7500 block of South Lindbergh Boulevard in south St. Louis County. The incident began inside a Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education office, but it's not clear if the victim works for the state agency.
Authorities have taken one man is in custody and say the victim and suspect knew one another. The suspect reportedly hit the victim repeatedly in the head with a metal bat until bystanders intervened.
Police say the suspect then dropped the bat, sat next to the victim and waited for officers to arrive.