00:02A Walmart in Volusia County reopened around 10 o'clock this morning after a deputy shot and killed a suspect
00:08in the parking lot.
00:10Detectives say that the driver was trying to escape the land police last night before deputies tracked him down outside
00:16the neighborhood market, Walmart, on South Woodland Boulevard.
00:19West News' Kennedy Mason reports that the shooting closed the parking lot for hours as law enforcement investigated.
00:26Crime scene tape blocked off this neighborhood Walmart parking lot on Woodland Boulevard for hours on Saturday.
00:33The DeLand Police Department, the Volusia Sheriff's Office, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement all investigating.
00:40Kellyanne Washington stopped to see the scene on her way to work.
00:44Well, honestly, I just thought it was crazy.
00:46The Volusia Sheriff's Office says a deputy shot a driver who was trying to flee from the parking lot.
00:52Shoppers like Likensia Gordon shaken.
00:55It's unrattling to come and you can't even pull into the parking lot.
00:59Deputies say it all started Friday night.
01:01The Sheriff's Office says a reckless driver took off from DeLand Police and nearly hit a pedestrian in downtown DeLand.
01:08Investigators say the driver then sped west on State Road 44, running red lights along the way.
01:14Around 4.30 Saturday morning, deputies found the car at the Walmart.
01:19But as deputies approached the car, they say the driver tried to take off again, stepping on the gas.
01:25That's when a deputy fired through the windshield, hitting the driver.
01:29The Sheriff's Office says the car kept rolling after the driver was shot.
01:33You can see that champagne Nissan Altima crashed in the corner of the parking lot.
01:39Deputies say the driver died at the hospital.
01:42I mean, you see things online, but this is reality.
01:46This is just too close.
01:48Covering Volusia County in DeLand, Kennedy Mason, WASH 2 News.
