Two security guards were shot and wounded at a downtown Los Angeles shopping area after they confronted a man trying to walk out of a store with a suitcase containing items he hadn't paid for, police said Tuesday.

Two security guards at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles were shot by a suspected shoplifter, leaving one of them in critical condition while the shooter remained at large Tuesday, according to police.

The Los Angeles Police Department released the first images of the suspected gunman who shot two security guards at a downtown Target store Monday evening. According to police, the suspect, a man believed to be in his early 20s,

Police are searching for a gunman after two people were shot near the Target in downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.