ALEXANDRIA, La. — A deputy U.S. Marshal was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant on a fugitive, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Andrew Hanson, 36, alongside Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies, had tracked 48-year-old Clarence Frazier to his house. Frazier was wanted for failing to appear in state court on a charge of sexual battery of a person with infirmities.
After obtaining a search warrant for the home, clearly marked officers announced their presence and forced entry, the Marshals Service said. Officers located Frazier in his bedroom, where he barricaded himself and opened fire. Hanson was struck by the gunfire and succumbed to his injuries.
Following the shooting, Frazier remained barricaded in the bedroom, sparking a standoff with responding officers before he was ultimately taken into custody.
Hanson had been with the U.S. Marshals Service since 2020, drawing on a diverse law enforcement career that included assignments with the Southern District of Alabama and the Western District of Louisiana. Prior to joining the USMS, he served federally with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Orleans and Customs and Border Protection in Nogales, Arizona. Hanson also served locally in Mississippi with the Gulfport Police Department, the Mississippi Department of Transportation and the Ocean Springs Police Department.
He leaves behind his wife and two children.
The FBI is leading the investigation. Louisiana State Police is also investigating.
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