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 morning, police said.

Two security guards at a downtown Los Angeles shopping plaza were wounded in a gunfight with a man as they tried to stop him from making off with more than $1,000 of stolen merchandise, police said Tuesday.

A manhunt is underway for a shoplifting suspect who allegedly shot two security guards Monday evening inside a shopping mall in downtown Los Angeles. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to reports of the shooting in the 700 block of South Figueroa Street,