Police seek man who ran over, killed Covington woman Marsha Johnson in Walmart parking lot

Covington police said a woman was killed in a hit-and-run at a Covington Walmart store Monday evening when she was run over by an assailant who tried steal her purse. 

Police said that 65-year-old Marsha Johnson was walking through the parking lot of a Walmart store in the 10300 block of Industrial Boulevard, when they said a man reached for her purse. Covington Police Capt. Ken Malcolm said the woman tried to fight the assailant off, but fell. 

Malcolm said the assailant ran over the victim several times and fled the scene. 

When asked if they thought it was intentional, Malcolm told reporters that the suspect "did not stop to render aid; and there was no way they could not have known that they had run over something, from what we saw on the video."

Store surveillance video was able to provide images of the suspect's car. 

Police said onlookers tried to block the assailant from leaving, but he was able to leave. Malcolm said police said they are looking for a late-1990s to mid-2000s model silver Honda with damage on its left side.

They described the suspect driving the car as a Hispanic male with goatee, in his late 20s to early 30s, and weighing between 250 and 300 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911.