Truck driver plows into Texas mall, injuring five before being fatally shot by police

A truck driver fleeing police plowed into a Texas mall teeming with holiday shoppers Saturday night, injuring five before he was fatally shot by officers.

The incident at the Killeen Mall, about an hour north of the Texas capital of Austin, occurred just a day after a Saudi doctor drove his vehicle into a German Christmas market, killing at least five and injuring scores in a terror attack.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Bryan Washko said the Killeen incident involved a suspected drunk driver who crashed through the front glass doors of a JCPenny and continued driving inside the store as he struck several shoppers.

The injured ranged in age from 75 years old to six years old.

"The trooper and the Killeen police officer continued on foot after this vehicle, which was driving through the store actively running people over. He traveled several hundred yards" before the officers shot him, Washko explained.  

"Thankfully he was stopped when he was, because it could have been so much worse," Washko said. "This mall is pretty busy this time of year."

The identity of the suspect was not immediately released