A man drove a pickup truck through the glass door of a JC Penney store in Texas, injuring at least five people and killing one suspect, police said.
The incident occurred Saturday night, just days before Christmas, at the Killeen Mall in Killeen, Texas, about 70 miles north of Austin.
During a news conference Saturday night, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said the truck drove “hundreds of yards” past the JC Penney store entrance.
Sergeant Washko said the driver “actively ran over” customers, leaving frightened shoppers injured and five people taking themselves to hospital. The injured ranged in age from 6 to 75, he said.
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The incident occurred when authorities noticed the suspect, who has not yet been identified, was “driving erratically” and officers attempted to pull him over.
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Sergeant Washko said the driver did not stop, but exited the highway, drove into the Killeen Mall parking lot and crashed the car into the door of a JC Penney.
The suspect drove his truck through the JC Penney window. (KXXV)
The man driving the truck was shot and killed by law enforcement, authorities said.
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“Officers from DPS, the Killeen Police Department and three other agencies fired their weapons to eliminate a threat to the community,” Sergeant Washko said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Killeen Police Department for comment.
