Suspect killed after driving truck into Texas Mall

At least five people were injured and a suspect was killed after a man drove his pickup truck through the glass doors of a JC Penney at a Texas mall, police said.

The incident happened Saturday night, just days before Christmas, at the Killeen Mall in Killeen, Texas – which is about 70 miles north of Austin.

In a news conference Saturday night, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said the truck was driven “several hundred yards” through the entrance of the JC Penney store.

Startled shoppers were injured when the driver “actively ran people over” and a fifth went to hospital on his own, Sergeant Washko said. The injured were between 6 and 75 years old, he said.

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The incident unfolded when authorities noticed the suspect, who has not been identified, was seen “driving erratically” and police attempted to pull him over.

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Instead of stopping, the driver got off the freeway, drove into the parking lot of the Killeen Mall and smashed his car through the doors of the JC Penney, Sergeant Washko said.

A look at the JC Penney window that the suspect drove his truck into. (KXXV)

The man who was driving the truck was fatally shot by law enforcement, the authorities say.

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“There were officers from DPS, the Killeen Police Department and three other agencies who engaged in gunfire to eliminate this threat to the community,” Sergeant Washko said.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Killeen Police Department for comment.