An armed security guard was in critical condition Monday night after a shooting inside a Target in downtown L.A., according to Los Angeles police.
The guard was one of two people shot in the incident at the store in the Figat7th shopping mall. A manhunt was underway late Monday after the gunman fled the scene, officials said.
The shooter opened fire around 8:55 p.m. at the store in the 700 block of Figueroa Street.
The condition of the second shooting victim was not immediately available. Both victims were hospitalized.
The suspect was last seen fleeing the scene toward 8th Street, according to police radio calls.
The downtown Los Angeles Target was the scene of a brutal stabbing in 2022, when a homeless man attacked a 9-year-old boy and a 25-year-old woman.
The attacker was fatally shot by a third-party security guard at the store. Target increased security at the location after the attack, according to ABC.
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Noah Goldberg covers breaking news for the Los Angeles Times. He worked previously in New York City as the Brooklyn courts reporter for the New York Daily News, covering major criminal trials as well as working on enterprise stories. Before that, he was the criminal justice reporter for the Brooklyn Eagle.
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