NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. (AP) – Police shot and killed a man on Sunday suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store as he tried to flee in a minivan with his 5-year-old daughter.

The officer opened fire after being struck by the suspect’s minivan, according to a statement from North Smithfield Chief Steven Reynolds.

Store security at the Stop & Shop supermarket called police at about 2:15 p.m. to report a shoplifter who had just left the store with another man.

The responding officer confronted the suspect in the store’s parking lot.

The suspect, identified by police as James Wilcox, 34, of Pawtucket, struck the officer as he tried to flee in his vehicle.

The officer, whose name was not released, fired one shot that struck Wilcox in the stomach, police said.

Wilcox was pronounced dead on arrival at Rhode Island Hospital. The officer was treated and released.

State child welfare officials were called to the scene to take care of the girl.

The other man, Carl Dinsmore, 45, of Cranston, fled the scene but was apprehended nearby.

Wilcox and Dinsmore both have criminal records with outstanding warrants, police said. The plate that was on the minivan Wilcox was driving had been stolen late last month, police said.

The officer who fired the fatal shot has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident.

Rhode Island State Police are handling the investigation. North Smithfield and state police said there would be no further information on the incident released Sunday.