Man with machete shot and killed by police inside Clarksville Walmart

CLARKSVILLE, In (WDRB) -- Indiana State Police said a man with a machete was shot and killed by police late Monday night at the Clarksville Walmart.

Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Carey Huls said around 11:15 p.m., Walmart employees noticed a man inside the store who appeared to have cut his neck with a blade.

That man was identified as 30-year-old Daniel Scott of Corydon, Indiana.

Police said when Scott refused to leave the closed store, managers contacted Clarksville police. Three officers were already at the Walmart for an unrelated matter.

When officers approached Scott, he pulled away from them, showed a machete and charged one of the officers, Huls said.

Investigators said that's when the Clarksville police officer shot the 30-year-old. He was taken to Clark Memorial Hospital where he died.

ISP said investigators believe Scott stole both the machete and blade he used to cut himself from the store. They also believe Scott was inside Walmart for a few hours before it closed.

Police said no customers were inside the Clarksville Walmart when it happened. No one else is injured.

ISP is handling the investigation.

On Tuesday morning, the store was back open and appeared to be normal, according to WDRB Reporter Dalton Godbey.

Godbey said there were several knives and a machete hanging on racks inside the store. The weapons were inside plastic packaging and accessible to customers.

It's not clear if that's how Scott got the blade or machete.

According to court documents obtained by WDRB News, Scott had a criminal history that included charges of forgery, criminal recklessness with a firearm and criminal trespassing, as well as a drug charge in Harrison County, Indiana.

Scott's attorney Nicholas Haverstock says Scott was released Sunday from jail and was set to start two years probation Tuesday. Scott also owed $3,000 dollars in restitution related to check forgery.

"I don't know what was going through his head when he was there to Walmart," Haverstock said. "We were in court together last Wednesday and he seemed perfectly normal."

Huls said it's lucky the store was closed with the shooting happened.

"Very lucky it did happen after hours it could've been a different story had it happened at a different time of day," Huls said.

This story may be updated.