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Man shot, killed by US Marshals identified

Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said the man was killed by U.S. Marshals while officials attempted to serve a warrant for the man's arrest.

WASHINGTON — Police have identified a man who was shot by U.S. Marshals during a reported chase in Southeast D.C. Tuesday afternoon.

In a press conference following the shooting, Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said the man was killed by U.S. Marshals while officials attempted to serve a warrant for the man's arrest.

According to Contee, MPD officers were on scene assisting the Marshals and when the marshals attempted to take the unidentified man into custody, he ran. 

Officials began chasing the man and that is when Contee claims the man took out a gun. 

Marshals opened fire on the man. He was hit and died from his injuries. It is unclear at this time if the man had shot at the marshals.

Police have since identified the man as 22-year-old Alaunte Nicholas Scott.

Contee reports that a gun was found at the scene. 

During the press conference, U.S. Marshal Robert Dixon claimed Scott had warrants for several crimes throughout the DMV but did not give specifics as to what warrants the marshals were attempting to serve when the man was killed. 

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