Services to be held for slain U.S Marshal Patrick Carothers
NORCROSS, Ga. - The services are set for slain U.S Marshal Patrick Carothers.
The U.S. Marshals Service said 53-year-old Patrick Carothers, deputy commander of the agency's Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, died after being shot twice as a team of officers tried to serve a warrant at a mobile home in rural Long County on Friday in Southeast Georgia.
Carothers was shot by fugitive Dontrell Montese Carter. Carter had been accused of attempting to kill police officers. The shootout took place when Carothers and his team tracked Carter down and attempted to arrest him.
Carter was shot and killed at the scene.
"The fugitive who killed Deputy Commander Carothers was extremely dangerous, wanted for trying to kill law enforcement officers and deliberately evading authorities," David Harlow, deputy director of the Marshals Service, said in a statement. "Pat is a hero and our thoughts and prayers are with his wife and five children."
Carothers served 26 years with the Marshals Service and had been deputy commander of the fugitive task force for more than a year. He leaves a wife and five children.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at The Long Forum of Greater Atlanta Christian School, 1575 Indian Trail Road, Norcross, GA 30093
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the U. S. Marshals Survivors Benefit Fund, P. O. Box 11730, Bozeman, MT 59719 or online at usmarshalsfund.org in memory of Patrick Carothers.