Man who barricaded himself at mall in Arkansas shot and killed by police

Police in central Arkansas shot a man at a shopping mall on Saturday morning. The man later died after he fired at the officers.

Conway police posted on Facebook that they went to a report about a man who drove a car into a massage therapy business at the Lewis Crossing Shopping Center. A special police team found a man with a weapon who had locked himself in a room. While the police were talking to the man, he shot at them. The police shot back and hit him. No police got hurt.

Police Officer Shad Foley, who speaks for the Conway Police Department, said that the man was brought to a nearby hospital. Foley didn’t know what was wrong with him.

Foley said he doesn’t know why the man crashed his car into the Massage Envy store, or if the police will charge him. Foley said the investigation is still new and ongoing.

Pictures and videos from TV stations showed a man’s white SUV completely inside the store. The police had a big and strong vehicle parked outside for a while.

Local businesses were emptied of people while the situation was being handled. A person recording video showed the special police team with their guns ready, forcefully going into a restaurant next to the massage business. The windows in the front of both stores were broken.

The Arkansas State Police are checking out the shooting, which is normal in Arkansas when the local police shoot someone. Cindy Murphy, who speaks for the state police, said that the investigators will give their results to local prosecutors. The prosecutors will then decide if the officers broke any laws. Conway Police put two officers on leave until they finish investigating.

Ashley McCoy, who runs a Crumbl Cookies store, said she was opening her new store at 8:30 in the morning across the parking lot. When she heard what she thought were loud sounds like gunshots.

She called the police, and someone on the phone told her and her co-workers to stay inside.

“McCoy said we were really scared. ” “We didn’t know it was just a guy blocking us. ” All we saw on Facebook were messages about a dangerous person with a gun, so we called our families to make sure they were safe.

Nearly two hours later, they were told that they could open it because it was safe.

Conway is 33 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas.