Authorities Friday looked for two suspects behind an armed robbery that happened during the morning hours in the Mid-City neighborhood of Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded to a call that came in at 10:13 a.m. about a shooting near Venice and Hauser Boulevards.
One of the suspects, a 25-year-old man, took out his handgun and shot a male victims in his 40s.
"I heard, 'Give me the bag, give me the bag,'" said Maria Guerrero, the owner of Mary's Check Cashing. She said she and her security guard were ambushed by at least two men.
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Guerrero managed to escape the store and ran to a neighboring business. While she didn't see much of what happened next, she said her security guard and one of the robbers shot each other.
"I heard seven, eight or nine shots," Max El Khoury, a business owner in the area, said.
Police confirmed the gunman and the victim were both shot and taken to a hospital.
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The suspect was pronounced dead at the hospital while the security guard was being treated in unknown condition.
Two other suspects, who took about $20,000 in cash and a $1,000 check, were last week driving away in a Lexus vehicle
Video from NewsChopper4 showed a handgun was left at the scene.
