Both men who were shot are believed to have been trying to rob Check Into Cash, 3906 N. 76th St., at about 3:50 p.m., police said. The suspects were wearing masks.
The shots were fired by a security guard, police said.
"He felt that he was going to be shot or that someone else was going to be shot, so he took defensive action," said Asst. Police Chief James Harpole.
Harpole said there were other people in the business at the time of the robbery. No one else was injured, he said.
The two suspects had forced the security guard to the ground at gunpoint, Harpole said, but at some point the guard was able to get up and shoot at them.
A 24-year-old suspect died outside the business. The wounded suspect, 22, turned up at a hospital shortly after the robbery, Harpole said.
The preliminary investigation suggests the security guard, who is in his 20s, was properly licensed to carry a gun on the job, Harpole said.
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