An exchange of gunfire between a security guard and an alleged robber at the Mars Super Market, on Maiden Choice Lane and Westland Boulevard, in Arbutus, Sunday evening left the alleged robber with several gunshot wounds, according to Baltimore County police.

It also left the store, at the Maiden Choice Shopping Center in the 1000 block of Maiden Choice Lane, without some of its front windows — which were boarded up Monday morning.

Neither the security guard nor any customers inside the store were injured, police said.

At 6:52 p.m., two men entered the store and “announced the robbery,” said Bill Toohey, a police spokesman.

One man walked over to a customer service area and began demanding money, while the other man, who police believe was acting as a lookout, stood near the front doors, Toohey said.

An armed security guard employed by Mars who was inside the store then confronted the two men, Toohey said.

The man who had been demanding money fled the store on foot, while the man near the store’s front doors began shooting at the guard, Toohey said.

The guard returned fire at the man, who then ran into the parking lot and got into a Honda Accord, Toohey said.

As he drove away, he again opened fire on the security guard, who again shot back, Toohey said.

The car was found a short time later at the end of Wilton Farm Drive, in Catonsville.

Police began searching for the man in the area, utilizing a helicopter and a K-9 unit.

The alleged robber was found at the corner of Wilton Farm Drive and Wilkens Avenue with several gunshot wounds at about midnight, almost five hours after the gunfire occurred, Toohey said.

He was taken to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Police did not release the name of the wounded man, and his condition could not be determined.

Police are still looking for the other alleged robber, Toohey said.

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