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.

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.

The Los Angeles Police Department has 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,