HONOLULU -- Police are looking for two men who beat a man in Wahiawa on Wednesday night, leaving him in critical condition with severe head injuries.

It happened just after 9:15 p.m. near the Whitmore Community Center, police said.

Witnesses reported that two men in their 20s were hitting the 28-year-old victim before running away.

Paramedics treated the victim and took him to Queen's Medical Center.

A motive for the beating is unclear, police said.

Officers were not able to talk to the victim because he was unconscious when they got to the scene.