Deputy U.S. Marshal Killed in Line of Duty in Alexandria, La., Serving Warrant on Fugitive Wanted for Sexual Battery

WASHINGTON – A deputy U.S. marshal with the Western District of Louisiana Fugitive Task Force was shot and killed Monday while serving a warrant on a fugitive in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Michael Andrew Hanson, 36, along with members of the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO), were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Clarence Frazier, 48, in connection with his failure to appear in state court to face trial on a charge of sexual battery with a person with infirmities.

U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and RPSO officers located Frazier at his residence on Rutland Road and obtained a search warrant. The officers then approached Frazier’s residence while bearing clear law enforcement markings to execute the warrant, announced their presence, and forced entry into the residence. Officers found Frazier in his bedroom, where he barricaded himself and shot at the officers, striking Hanson, who succumbed to his injuries at approximately 4:45 p.m. CDT.

Frazier then engaged in a further standoff with law enforcement in his bedroom until he was taken into custody.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating this case with assistance from RPSO.

“The nation lost a hero Monday. We are all extremely saddened by this tragic loss of Deputy U.S. Marshal Drew Hanson when he was shot and killed by a dangerous fugitive,” said Gadyaces Serralta, Director of the U.S. Marshals Service. “His life mattered. Our thoughts and prayers are now with his family and friends, and our law enforcement community. Drew was selflessly devoted to making his community and this nation safer. His sacrifice will not be forgotten.”

Hanson joined the U.S. Marshals Service in 2020 with assignments in the Southern District of Alabama and the Western District of Louisiana. Prior to the USMS, he worked with Customs and Border Protection in Nogales, Arizona, then went to work for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Orleans. Before that he served with the Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Police Department, the Mississippi Department of Transportation, and the Gulfport Police Department.

He is survived by his wife and two children.