A person who struck a number of folks after driving right into a Texas mall on Saturday was shot and killed by police, authorities mentioned.
The man plowed into the entrance of a JC Penney retailer on the Killeen Mall in Killen, shattering the glass doorways and persevering with to drive his black pickup about 100 yards whereas “placing a number of folks” and “actively operating folks over,” Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko mentioned throughout a information convention Saturday night time.
Police then opened hearth and fatally shot the suspect. Washko mentioned there isn’t a longer a menace to the neighborhood and that the Texas Rangers are investigating the police taking pictures.
Four folks had been transported to native hospitals with accidents starting from extreme to minor, Washko mentioned. He added that one other particular person harm within the incident walked right into a hospital with minor accidents.
No deaths have been reported moreover the suspect. Washko mentioned the injured vary in age from six to 75 years previous.
Washko pressured that there was no energetic shooter on the mall, as had initially been reported and unfold on social media. Killeen police additionally dispelled the rumor on Facebook earlier Saturday.
Police had been initially pursuing the person after getting a report at about 5 p.m. of a probably intoxicated driver on the freeway, Washko mentioned. The driver exited Interstate 14 and entered the Killeen Mall parking zone earlier than driving into the shop.
Video from the scene confirmed police amassing on the procuring heart.
Police requested members of the general public to keep away from the world so first responders may have entry and investigators may probe the character of the incident.
Killeen is a metropolis about 67 miles north of Austin. Killeen Mall states on its web site that it has greater than 90 retailers.