FIRST OF ALL,
LET ME JUST REITERATE,
THIS IS NOT AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.
IT'S A LOT OF CHATTER GOING ONLINE THAT IT WAS THE FIRST CAME OUT AS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER,
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SQUASH THAT.
IT DID NOT HAPPEN,
UH,
BACKING UP,
HE DID DRIVE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR OF THE JC PENNEY STORE,
STRIKING 4 PEOPLE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE WERE TRANSPORTED WITH SEVERE,
SOME SEVERE TO MINOR INJURIES,
AND THERE WAS ONE OTHER PATIENT THAT I JUST RECENTLY
FOUND OUT WAS A WALK-IN AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM,
UH,
RELATING TO THIS INCIDENT.
SO
WE HAVE 5 TOTAL PATIENTS UNKNOWN AGES,
UH,
CONDITIONS,
SO THE TROOP,
THE TROOPER AND THE POLICE OFFICER
CONTINUED ON FOOT AFTER THIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE STORE,
ACTIVELY RUNNING PEOPLE OVER.
HE TRAVELED SEVERAL 100 YARDS
AND UH.
THERE ARE OFFICERS FROM DPS,
THE KILLEEN POLICE DEPARTMENT,
AND THREE OTHER AGENCIES THAT ENGAGED IN GUNFIRE
TO ELIMINATE THIS THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO
HOPEFULLY
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER DEATHS THAN THE SUSPECT
IN THIS CASE TO THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED,
PRAYERS ARE WITH THEM,
OF COURSE,
AND THEIR FAMILIES,
ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS TIME.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT,
YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AT ALL,
BUT THIS TIME MAKES IT WORSE.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN HERE SHOPPING FOR THEIR FAMILIES,
THEIR CHILDREN,
THEIR FRIENDS,
LOVED ONES,
AND THESE KIND OF THINGS WE DON'T LIKE TO SEE.