Apr. 7—A man shot and killed an alleged burglar Friday in a Coeur d'Alene shopping center parking lot.

Initial information indicated a male was burglarizing vehicles in the parking lot near Michael's on Canfield Avenue off U.S. Highway 95, according to a Coeur d'Alene Police Department news release.

A man armed with a handgun confronted the suspected burglar. The burglar got into a vehicle and, after some commands from the armed man, started accelerating toward the man, police said.

The armed man ended up on the hood of the driver's vehicle and fired several times at the driver, hitting him at least once while the driver was accelerating. The driver crashed into a parked vehicle, throwing the armed man off the hood.

The driver got out of the vehicle and was on the ground when officers arrived. Officers provided medical aid to both males before Coeur d'Alene Fire Department paramedics took over and took both to Kootenai Heath.

The driver died at the hospital. The condition of the armed man was unknown, police said.

Police are investigating.