HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston police say they shot and killed a suspect inside a Sam's Club on Saturday night.

Officers say it happened at the east Houston location off the East Freeway near Market after 11 p.m.

ABC13 was at the scene Sunday morning, where hazmat crews could be seen cleaning up. A note on the Sam's Club entrance said that the store would be closed on Sunday due to the shooting.

Authorities said the suspect broke into a Security Guard's car, stole his gear, and then dressed up as a security guard, even though he wasn't one.

Officers said they arrived at the scene after store employees reported a man vandalizing and breaking into cars in the parking lot.

Police said the suspect opened fire on store employees and got into a shootout with officers until they killed him.

No other injuries have been reported.

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Houston Chronicle reported the fallowing.

A Sam's Club reopened Monday in east Houston, where a man died in a Saturday shootout with police after he broke into vehicles and shot at store employees while dressed in a stolen Security Guard uniform.

The man was not a Security Guard at the store but took Security Guard gear from a vehicle in the parking lot and died at the scene after exchanging fire with Houston police inside the store. No employees or officers were injured in the shooting, which took place around 11 p.m. Saturday at a Sam's Club at 13600 I-10 East. 

Officers arrived within minutes of a call about a shooting at the store, HPD Assistant Chief Christy Smith told OnScene TV. The store was closed to the public at the time of the shooting but employees were inside. 

"A male suspect had been vandalizing and breaking into vehicles in the parking lot of the store," she said. An alarm on one of the cars brought employees to the back door of the business. "The suspect shot at store employees and followed them inside the store and continued shooting." 

The shooting occurred at the rear of the store. 

Officers arrived on scene and once inside, encountered a man armed with a handgun and wearing body armor who began firing at them from an office area, according to a news release from HPD. Three officers from the Northeast patrol division returned fire.

The man was struck more than once. 

Life-saving measures began and he was transported to a local hospital where he died. The identity of the suspect has not been released, pending notification to family members by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

The shooting is being investigated by the HPD Homicide Division Special Investigations Unit, the Internal Affairs Division and the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

Smith said body camera footage will be released within 30 days per HPD protocol. 

The store closed Sunday but was open for normal hours Monday. 

Officers kill suspect who dressed up as Security Guard and shot at workers at Sam's Club: HPD