US Marshals shoot and wound a man in Spokane neighborhood

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.