Police said they briefly shut down part of a Central Long Beach neighborhood Wednesday morning after a man used a pipe to attack someone and then hid inside a home.

Police said the attacker was arguing with his victim, a man in his 50s, before the altercation turned physical around 7:30 a.m.

When police were called, they headed to the scene on Dayman Street near Pasadena Avenue where they found the victim with a minor injury to his upper torso, authorities said.

By the time officers arrived, the attacker was already inside a nearby residence, so police surrounded the home and called in K-9 officers and a helicopter.

When they ordered the attacker to come outside, “The suspect cooperated with officers and was immediately taken into custody,” LBPD officer Emily Garcia said.

Police said they’re still investigating, but the victim and attacker know each other.

Jeremiah Dobruck is executive editor of the Long Beach Post where he oversees all day-to-day newsroom operations. In his time working as a journalist in Long Beach, he’s won numerous awards for his investigative reporting and editing. Before coming to the Post in 2018, he wrote for publications including the Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times. Reach him at [email protected] or @jeremiahdobruck on Twitter.