Fleeing police, truck driver careens into mall, shot dead

The police chase began on Interstate 14 after authorities received calls about an erratic driver in a black pickup

- Agencies

A pickup truck driver fleeing police careened through the doors of a JCPenney store in Texas and continued through a busy mall, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by officers, authorities said.

The truck crashed into the department store in Killeen, about 109 km from state capital Austin, around 5.30 pm Saturday and continued into the building, striking people as it went, Sgt. Bryan Washko of the Texas Department of Public Safety said in an evening news briefing.