Officers shot and killed a man they said was brandishing a weapon in the parking lot of a Hialeah Marshalls, police said.

Hialeah Police said they were called to the parking lot of a Marshalls at 1700 W 49th Street at about 12:30 p.m. Monday after reports of a suspicious man.

The man, John Wesley Helvie, 45, confronted officers with a weapon or weapons, police said, but it was not immediately clear what kind of weapons the man was carrying.

Hialeah Police Spokesman Carl Zogby said the officers felt it was necessary to defend themselves, so they shot and killed the man.

"The information they had was he was armed and dangerous," Zogby said. "Officers say they were forced to fire."

No further details were immediately available.