Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Lamar Wells, 27, was shot and killed in the line of duty on March 10, 2015, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Wells was serving with a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force that had tracked a double-murder suspect to the Elm Grove Motel to serve an arrest warrant. A gunfight erupted as the task force moved in; Wells was struck during the exchange and died shortly after being taken to a local hospital.

The suspect, 31-year-old Jamie D. Croom, had been wanted for the murders of a brother and sister outside a nightclub in Pointe Coupee Parish. Croom was also shot multiple times during the confrontation and died the following day from his injuries.

Wells had served with the U.S. Marshals Service since 2011 after graduating from Jackson State University with a degree in criminal justice. He came from a family of law enforcement officers; his father and three brothers served in law enforcement. At the time of his death he and his wife, Channing, were expecting their first child; the day after he was killed his wife learned they were having a boy to be named Josie Wells Jr.

If anyone has information about the events at the Elm Grove Motel on March 10, 2015, or knew Marshal Wells, please share what you know.