{"id":108278,"date":"2024-12-22T18:03:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T18:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/5-hurt-driver-dead-after-fleeing-suspect-drives-truck-into-texas-mall-authorities\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T18:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T18:03:24","slug":"5-hurt-driver-dead-after-fleeing-suspect-drives-truck-into-texas-mall-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/5-hurt-driver-dead-after-fleeing-suspect-drives-truck-into-texas-mall-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"5 hurt, driver dead after fleeing suspect drives truck into Texas mall: Authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(KILLEEN, Texas) — 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

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

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

The victims’ ages ranged from 6 to 75, Washko said.<\/p>\n

The suspect has not yet been identified.<\/p>\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

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

“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

Initial calls for the incident reported an active shooter, but that did not turn out to be the case, he said.<\/p>\n

Killeen, a city of nearly 160,000 residents, is located about 70 miles north of Austin.<\/p>\n

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