Decatur police officers shot and killed a man suspected of shoplifting Tuesday night, the department said. The officers responded to a call about shoplifting at a Walmart on U.S. Highway 81 at 9:40 p.m, and saw a 46-year-old suspect running from the store, police chief Delvon Campbell said.

The gunman who killed 23 people and injured 22 others in a 2019 mass shooting aimed at Latinos at a Texas Walmart pleaded guilty to murder on Monday and was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole,

Witnesses reportedly told detectives two men were seen arguing when the suspect pulled out a gun, pointed it at the victim and threatened to kill him.