A man drove his pickup truck through the glass door of a J.C. Penney store at a Texas mall, injuring at least five people and killing one suspect, police said.
The incident occurred on a Saturday evening, a few days before Christmas, at the Killeen Mall in Killeen, Texas, about 110 miles north of Austin.
At a press conference Saturday night, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Brian Washko said the truck drove “several hundred yards” from the J.C. Penney store entrance.
Sergeant Waschko said the driver was “aggressively hitting people” and a startled shopper was injured, while a fifth person went to hospital on his own. The injured ranged in age from 6 to 75.
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The incident unfolded after authorities noticed the suspect, who has not been identified, driving erratically and police attempted to stop him.
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Instead of stopping, the driver exited the highway and headed into the Killeen Mall parking lot, where he crashed his car into the door of J.C. Penney, Sergeant Waschko said.
Look out the window of the J.C. Penney where the suspect drove his truck. (KXXV)
The man driving the truck was shot and killed by police, authorities said.
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“Officers from DPS, the Killeen Police Department, and three other agencies engaged in an exchange of gunfire to eliminate the threat to the community,” Sergeant Washko said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Killeen Police Department for comment.
