Suspect killed after driving truck into Texas shopping center

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

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

At 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.

The shocked shoppers were injured because the driver was “actively running over people” and a fifth went to hospital on their 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 that the suspect, who has not been identified, was seen “driving erratically” and police attempted to stop him.

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Instead of stopping, the driver left the road, drove into the Killeen Mall parking lot and crashed his car into the doors of the JC Penney, Sergeant Washko said.

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

The man driving the truck was shot and killed by authorities, authorities said.

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“There were officers from DPS, the Killeen Police Department and three other agencies that fired shots to eliminate this threat to the community,” said Sergeant Washko.

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