By AMY FORLITI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM, AP
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) One person was killed Thursday when authorities who were part of a task force that included U.S. Marshals fired their weapons after the person displayed a handgun in Minneapolis Uptown neighborhood, the U.S. Marshals said.
The shooting happened shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday. The U.S. Marshals said preliminary information indicates task force members were attempting to arrest a person wanted on a state warrant for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The person, who was in a parked car, didn t comply with law enforcement and “produced a handgun resulting in task force members firing upon the subject,” the U.S. Marshals said in a statement. Task force members attempted life-saving measures, but the person died at the scene.
One person was killed Thursday when authorities who were part of a task force that included U.S. Marshals fired their weapons after the person displayed a handgun in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood, the U.S. Marshals said.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A man was killed Thursday when authorities who were part of a task force that included U.S. Marshals fired their weapons after he allegedly displayed a handgun in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood, the U.S. Marshals said.
Officials said a man wanted for illegally possessing a gun was fatally shot by authorities who were part of a group trying to arrest him, including U.S. Marshals. Little is known about the shooting.