INDIANAPOLIS -- Police said a Pizza Hut deliveryman fatally shot a man who tried to rob him Monday night.

It happened in the 3600 block of Long Wharf Drive around 11 p.m.

Police said Ronald Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel, was delivering pizza to an apartment complex when Jerome Brown, 20, of Indianapolis, attempted to rob him.

Honeycutt was able to take Brown's gun away from him and fired 15 rounds from his own gun, striking Brown several times, according to police.

Brown was taken to a local hospital where he later died, RTV6 reproted.

Police continue to investigate the case.