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Fires were set in Minneapolis Thursday night after an armed fugitive was killed by officers working in a U.S. Marshals task force. (Photo: Fox 9)
Rioting and looting broke out in Minneapolis Thursday night after a U.S. Marhal Service task force killed a fugitive wanted on a firearms charge who was reportedly a murder suspect.
Fox 9 reports that Thursday around 2:10 p.m., a U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) task force made up of local law enforcement officers were trying to arrest a person wanted on a state arrest warrant for possession of a firearm by a felon, according to a USMS statement.
The suspect reportedly pulled out a gun during the attempted arrest in a parking garage.
The officers then shot at the suspect, the report says. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No Minneapolis police officers were involved, according to Reuters .
Late into the night, a handful of rioters smashed windows of businesses and looted at least two stores, according to Rebecca Brannon, a local independent photojournalist.
