Patrick Carothers, 53, was killed in the line of duty on November 18, 2016, while serving as deputy commander of the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. A 26-year veteran of the Marshals, Carothers was fatally shot during an attempt to serve a warrant at a mobile home in Ludowici, southeastern Georgia. He was struck twice; he returned fire and was taken to a nearby medical center where he died.

The shooter was identified as 25-year-old Dontrell Montese Carter, who had been wanted on violent charges from a September incident in Sumter County, South Carolina, including attempted murder of police officers, domestic violence, and unlawful discharge of a weapon. Carter was shot multiple times by task force members, transported to a hospital, and later died of his wounds.

Three people who were at the mobile home — Ashley Chavon Roberts, 24; Levy Lewis Jenkins, 34; and Jeremy Lance Lewis, 32 — were arrested and charged with hindering apprehension or punishment of a criminal and felony murder, accused of assisting Carter and contributing to the confrontation that led to Carothers’ death.