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.
