KILLEEN, Texas — A fleeing motorist drove a pickup truck into a busy JCPenney store in Texas on Saturday, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by police, authorities said.
Four of the injured were taken to hospitals from the Killeen Mall and the fifth went alone, Sgt. Bryan Washko of the Texas Department of Public Safety said during an evening media briefing. They ranged in age from 6 to 75 years old and their conditions were not immediately known.
Ofelia Miramontez with the Killeen Police Department said the incident started with calls about an erratic driver in a black pickup in Belton, about 20 miles away.
According to Washko, the chase began around 5 p.m. on Interstate 14. The driver stopped and pulled into the mall parking lot, crashed into the department store and continued driving, Washko said.
The local law enforcement officers at the mall — one working security and two others who were off-duty — also exchanged gunfire with the suspect, he said.
Washko had no information about the suspect’s identity.