US marshal shot dead serving arrest warrant in Louisiana

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A federal agent was fatally shot while trying to help authorities capture a man who failed to show up to his sexual battery trial in Louisiana, according to the US justice department. Clarence Frazier Jr, 48, was charged with murder in the killing of deputy US marshal Drew Hanson, authorities said. Frazier could face life imprisonment or the death penalty if he is eventually convicted of murdering Hanson. The justice department said Hanson was participating in a joint law enforcement operation to arrest Frazier in the Louisiana city of Alexandria for having failed to attend his trial on a sexual battery charge. According to federal prosecutors, US marshals and local…