Tuesday morning update:

Wichita police are looking for two people after a loss prevention officer was shot at the N. Maize Menards store Monday afternoon.

Police were called to the business in the 3600 block of N. Maize Road, where they found a 34-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. That man was taken to the hospital, where he was treated and released.

According to police, the store's loss prevention officer noticed two people leaving the store with a home security system that had not been paid for.

When confronted, one of them pulled out a gun and fired a shot at the officer. They then left the scene in a vehicle.

Police are looking for two people who fled in a black Mercedes SUV with Montana plates.

The suspects are described as a white male in his 20’s, 5’10”, thin build wearing a white ¾ sleeve length shirt with gray sleeves, gray shorts, and black ball cap. And a white female, also in her 20’s, 5’5”, 175lbs, wearing a black sports bra type top and black shorts.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

On Monday April 30th at approximately 4:50 p.m. Officers responded to a shooting call at Menards in the 3600 block of... Posted by Wichita Police Department on Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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Monday night update:

A loss prevention officer at the Menards near 37th North and Maize Road is out of the hospital after he was shot on the job Monday afternoon.

Police say the Menards employee followed a man and a woman outside, trying to stop them from shoplifting. Police say the employee got into a struggle with the woman and that's when the man shot him once in the stomach. The search for the two suspects continues.

The man is described as being in his 20s, standing about 5'10 with a thin build. Police say he was last seen wearing a white baseball shirt with lettering and an image of a bear, gray shorts and a black ball cap.

The woman is described as being in her 20s, standing about 5'5 and weighing about 175 pounds. She was last seen wearing a black crop top and shorts.

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5 p.m.

One person is in serious condition following a shooting at a business in west Wichita.

It happened just before 5 p.m. at the Menard's located at 3660 N. Maize Road.

Eyewitnesses tell us an employee was trying to stop a shoplifter when the shooting occurred.Police say that employee is loss-prevention officer for the store.

Police say officers are looking for suspects in the shooting. Two suspects include a man and a woman that left the scene in a black SUV, possibly with Texas tags.

Police say the man and the woman were believed to have been shoplifting at the store and exited through the entrance.

The loss-prevention officer made contact with the pair when the man took out a handgun and fired one shot at the employee, hitting him in the stomach, police say.

The male suspect is described as being in his 20s, standing about 5'10 with a thin build. Police say he was wearing a white baseball shirt with lettering and an image of a bear, gray shorts and a black ball cap.

The female suspect is described as being in her 20s, standing about 5'5 and weighing about 175 pounds. She's described as wearing a black crop top and shorts.

As of 6:30 p.m., customers were allowed back into the store, but police continued to process the scene.