A runaway motorcyclist drove a pickup truck into a busy JCPenney store in Texas on Saturday, injuring five people before being shot and killed by law enforcement, authorities said.
Four of the injured were taken to the hospital from Killeen Mall and the fifth went on his own, Sgt. Brian Wasko of the Texas Department of Public Safety said at an evening media briefing.
They ranged in age from 6 to 75, and their conditions were not immediately known.
This image provided by KXXV shows police responding to JCPenney at the shopping mall in Killeen, Texas, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP)
Ofelia Miramontez of the Killeen Police Department said the incident started about 20 miles (30 kilometers) away in Belton about an erratic driver in a black pickup.
According to Wasko, the chase started on Interstate 14 around 5 p.m. The driver pulled over and drove into a mall parking lot, crashed into a department store and continued driving, Wasko said.
Local law enforcement at the mall — one working security and two others who were on duty — also exchanged gunfire with the suspect, he said.
Wasko had no idea about the suspect’s identity.
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