Overview
- Federal authorities say Deputy U.S. Marshal Drew Hanson, 36, was shot and later died during an attempt to serve an arrest and contempt warrant at a Rutland Road home in Alexandria.
- The complaint alleges officers announced themselves, obtained a search warrant, forced entry, and found Clarence A. Frazier Jr. barricaded in a bedroom where he fired on officers before a hours-long standoff ended with his capture.
- Frazier, 48, was taken into custody and treated for injuries and has been federally charged with murder of a federal officer; if convicted he faces life in prison or the death penalty.
- The FBI’s New Orleans Field Office is leading the investigation with assistance from the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office and Louisiana State Police, and officials say there is no ongoing threat to the public.
- The arrest attempt grew out of Frazier’s failure to appear for a state sexual-battery trial, and the case underscores that killing a federal officer moves the matter into federal jurisdiction with a separate prosecution to follow.