Five people were hurt after a man fleeing troopers drove a truck “several hundred yards” through the entrance of a mall on Saturday in Killeen, Texas, the Texas Department of Public Safety said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four people were injured as the driver was “actively running people over” and a fifth later went to the hospital on their own, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said during a news conference Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man driving the truck was fatally shot after multiple law enforcement officers fired their weapons, including three who were off-duty, Washko said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victims’ ages ranged from 6 to 75, Washko said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident began unfolding about 5 p.m. local time when state troopers attempted to stop the suspect, who was driving a black pickup truck, on suspicion of possible DUI, Washko. The driver kept going, eventually entering the parking lot of the Killeen Mall, and then drove through glass doors of a JCPenney, striking multiple people, according to Washko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities are investigating whether it was an intentional act or whether the man drove into the mall entrance “out of desperation because he was being pursued,” Washko said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Thankfully he was stopped when he was, because it could have been so much worse,” Washko said. “This mall is pretty busy at this time of year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initial calls for the incident reported an active shooter, but that did not turn out to be the case, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Killeen, a city of nearly 160,000 residents, is located about 70 miles north of Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n