Police: Man with board, gun beaten in Kalamazoo

Authorities said a man who brandished a board and later a handgun during an argument involving a group of people on a Kalamazoo street was beaten with the board. Police said they found the 36-year-old man with head wounds on Thursday night. He was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. Witnesses told police the man had the board when he approached a group of people and got into an argument with them. After the board was taken from him he pulled out a gun, and one person from the group beat him over the head with it until he fell to the ground.