US Marshals shoot and kill fugitive in Wilshire area

US Marshals shoot, kill fugitive in LA

Federal officials shot and killed a fugitive near the Wilshire area of Los Angeles. A Homeland Security special agent was also injured.

LOS ANGELES - Federal officials shot and killed a fugitive in the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday morning. A Homeland Security special agent was also injured.

The shooting happened around 11:20 a.m. according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Officials said that members of the Fugitive Task Force were doing surveillance on a man who had a warrant out for his arrest in Nebraska at a building in the 6300 block of W. Wilshire Boulevard.

Officials said they watched the man go in and out of the pharmacy on the ground floor of the building, and that's when they approached him. Marshals said that's when the man ran back toward the pharmacy and pulled a gun out of his waistband. That's when a Deputy U.S. Marshal and a Homeland Security Investigations special agent shot at him.

The LAPD was investigating a deadly shooting in the 6300 block of West Wilshire Boulevard on Nov. 13, 2023.

Paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire Department declared the fugitive dead at the scene. The special agent was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, but it was unclear exactly how the special agent had been injured.

Marshals said the man who was killed was facing charges of marijuana distribution and money laundering. Officials have not yet identified him.

No other information was immediately available.