A man suspected of stealing from a Walgreens in Calumet City was shot and killed Sunday after pulling a gun on a store employee, police said. As police responded at about 2 a.m. to a theft report

CALUMET CITY, Ill. (CBS) -- A store employee with a concealed carry license shot a thief who pulled a gun on him at a Walgreens in south suburban Calumet City early Sunday, police said. The suspected thief later died.

A man who allegedly stole items from a south suburban Walgreens and pointed a gun at workers was shot and killed by an employee who possessed a concealed carry license,

Police said the man who was shot, along with a 48-year-old woman, had shoplifted from the Walgreens separately a short time earlier. The man who was shot pulled a gun first, police said.