A man was killed in a shooting involving Glendale police Tuesday afternoon in south Phoenix, officials said.

The shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m. on the 2700 Block of East Valencia Drive, near 24th Street and Baseline Road in Phoenix. Glendale police Sgt. Tiffany Smith said Glendale police officers were working with a U.S. Marshal’s Task Force in the area when the shooting took place.

The Phoenix Fire Department confirmed they responded to report of the shooting and arrived at the location to find a man dead of a gunshot wound.

Sgt. Armando Carbajal of Phoenix police said multiple police agencies were at the scene and the area was closed to traffic into Tuesday evening.

Further details were not immediately available.

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