Law enforcement officers fatally shoot man in Minneapolis

• Law enforcement officers fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Thursday.
• The US Marshalls Service said members of its task force were attempting to arrest a man.
• A small crowd began to gather near the scene of the crime.

Law enforcement officers fatally shot a man in Minneapolis's Uptown neighborhood on Thursday afternoon.

The US Marshalls Service, a federal law enforcement agency within the Department of Justice said members of its task force were attempting to arrest a man who was wanted on a state arrest warrant for firearm possession by a felon, the Star Tribune reported.

The agency said the man was parked in a car and would not comply. Officials said he produced a handgun.

He was declared dead at the scene. According to WCCO reporter Marielle Mohs, a woman who was also in the parked car was injured by shattered glass debris.

The US Marshalls-run task force assists local law enforcement departments in making high-risk arrests, WCCO reported.

Earlier reports said Hennepin County Sheriff's Office deputies were involved in the shooting, but it was unclear what role they played.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Investigation tweeted that its agents were on their way to the scene around 4 p.m. local time.

Minneapolis police were reportedly not involved in the shooting, though police were providing support to law enforcement agencies after the fact.

A representative for Hennepin County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

As residents and pedestrians awaited more information on the shooting, a crowd began to gather and protest near the scene, according to Minnesota Public Radio reporter Matt Sepic.

The community has been struck with multiple law-enforcement deaths in the past year since George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis last May.

A bartender who works nearby told the Tribune that multiple patrons witnessed the shooting.

"They said when they came in, there was about one or two police cars on the top of the ramp [and then] about five more," he said. "When [all the cars] got to the top, there was eight to 12 shots. [Officers] grabbed the girl out of the red car and put her in handcuffs."