Reuters witnesses saw Bolsonaro supporters, many in their trademark yellow national soccer jerseys or draped in Brazilian flags, confronting security forces at police headquarters.
Federal police said "disturbances" near the headquarters were being handled with support from capital security forces.
The violence unfolded after a Bolsonaro supporter was detained for allegedly organizing violent "anti-democratic acts," according to the judge who ordered his arrest.
Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters gathered outside the presidential residence on Monday afternoon with banners calling for "military intervention."
"There's not going to be an inauguration," said Jose Trindade, 58, one of the Bolsonaro supporters in the crowd.
Xavante, an indigenous leader, is among the Bolsonaro supporters who have protested in defiance of the Oct. 30 election result.
Who decides which way the armed forces go are you," Bolsonaro told his supporters at the gates of the presidential residence on Friday. »