A security guard assigned to a gas station, was shot and killed during a robbery in Chudleigh, Manchester, on Tuesday.

Reports are that about 6:30 p-m, the security guard was on duty at the service station when men, posing as customers, approached.

The men brandished firearms and opened fire, hitting the guard.

The wounded man was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

An alleged eyewitness, told Irie Fm news that the armed robbers, took an undetermined sum of money, representing the day’s sales, and escaped in a waiting motor car.