A man was taken to the hospital after a small group of people attacked him after an argument in Central Long Beach Wednesday night, according to authorities.

The man had been arguing with a group of about three people who were near a convenience store at the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue shortly before 9:45 p.m., witnesses told police.

“The victim left the location and was followed by the subjects to the south-west corner, where they proceeded to assault him,” Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said.

When officers got there, they found the 31-year-old man on the ground, according to police.

Paramedics took him to the hospital for treatment, but he refused to cooperate with police investigators, according to Pratt.