Police searched for a white car carrying the gunman and possibly another suspect.
Details on whether any cash was stolen were not immediately released by law officers.
The shooting happened at a Chase Bank branch in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. The name of the slain guard was not immediately released.
Chase spokesman Tom Kelly in Chicago referred calls about the shooting to Dallas police.
The FBI in Dallas did not immediately return a call for comment.
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