Grand Prairie police are investigating the shooting death Tuesday morning of a man they say was confronted by another man while trying to steal the rims and tires from that man's vehicle.

The shooting happened around 2 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 1900 block of West Tarrant Road, near Interstate 30 and the Bush Turnpike, police said.

When officers arrived, they found the man in the parking lot with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. His name has not been released.

Investigators believe the man was trying to steal rims and tires from a vehicle when its owner heard the sound of "an impact tool" and confronted the thief, police said. The vehicle owner was armed with a gun and shot the man multiple times, police said.

The vehicle owner is cooperating with detectives, Grand Prairie police spokesman Mark Beseda said. No charges have been filed.