Lakewood police have arrested six men suspected of assaulting two coworkers who were trying to break away from a magazine subscription-selling operation Monday night.

The victims, ages 27 and 30, were taken to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries, Lakewood police Lt. Heidi Hoffman said. The extent of their injuries was not known.

The six arrested men were booked into Pierce County Jail this morning on first-degree assault and other charges. The men range in age from 21 to 40, Hoffman said.

The incident occurred Monday night at a hotel on South Tacoma Way. Hoffman reports the suspects and victims are magazine salesmen. A fight broke out when the victims tried to leave the company. The suspects reportedly beat the victims with baseball bats and golf clubs, then fled about 11:45 p.m.

Lakewood police officers stopped a white SUV at 92nd Street South and South Tacoma Way because it didn’t have its lights on, Hoffman said. While officers were contacting the occupants, they noticed the driver and a passenger were sweaty.

During the traffic stop, the assault was reported. The occupants of the SUV matched the descriptions of the suspects in the assault.

A passenger provided officers with a false name. They asked him to get out of the rig and found he was in possession of a gun and brass knuckles. Those items were taken as evidence, Hoffman said.

The driver and the other occupants of the SUV were arrested in the beating.