SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A man has been taken to the hospital after U.S. marshals shot him in Spokane, according to a U.S. Marshals Service official.
Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington Gavin Duffy said its fugitive task force on Monday afternoon was trying to arrest 42-year-old Kevin Gellnes when he pulled out a handgun.
Duffy said the officers then shot and wounded Gellnes and that he was taken to a local hospital. The incident happened in Spokane’s Hillyard neighborhood.
Gellnes was wanted by Spokane police in connection with a shooting on Sept. 27 and his arrest was also sought by the state Department of Corrections for firearms and drug-related charges, according to Duffy.
He did not say how many marshals fired their weapons.
It wasn’t immediately known if Gellnes has a lawyer to speak for him.
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