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.

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.

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,