RIDGELAND, S.C. —

One man is dead after an attempted armed robbery Thursday morning in Ridgeland, South Carolina.

According to the Ridgeland Police Department, a man wearing a ski mask and armed with a machete -- later identified as Curtis Edward Scott, 55 -- entered through the back door of Jay's Barbershop with the intent to rob an employee.

The employee, who police say is a legal firearm owner, pulled out his weapon and fired at Scott, striking him in the chest and killing him.

Officers responded around 10:30 a.m. to the business on W. Main Street.

Additional information has not been released.

Police say the investigation is ongoing.

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