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The U.S. Marshals Service helped arrest a man wanted for murder in New Orleans on the streets of Federal Way.
Terrance Carter, 31, was wanted by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on a felony warrant for second-degree murder, according to a Sept. 18 US Marshals Service press release. NOPD responded to a shooting on Aug. 23 in which the victim, Kevionte Davis, 29, was fatally shot. NOPD subsequently identified Carter as the shooter and issued an arrest warrant on Sept. 3.
The US Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force, with the assistance of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) SWAT team arrested Carter Sept. 17 in the 900 block of SW Campus Drive in Federal Way, just northwest of the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center. After an initial attempt to flee, Carter surrendered and was taken into custody by SPD SWAT officers without further incident.
Carter was transported to the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent, where he will await extradition to New Orleans.
Carter was also linked to a 2015 incident in which he was arrested for his role in shooting at three deputies from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
Detectives with the New Orleans Police Department and members of the U.S. Marshals New Orleans Task Force diligently worked together to locate Carter. Carter was determined to be in the greater Seattle area, and a lead was sent to the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force.
“Successful fugitive apprehensions like this are made possible through strong partnerships with our local and federal law enforcement partners,” said Acting U.S. Marshal Donrien Stephens. “We appreciate the Seattle Police Department SWAT team and our partners in New Orleans for their teamwork and commitment to bringing this suspect into custody.”
U.S. Marshals-led partnership is comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers from Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Its primary mission is to locate, apprehend, and return the most violent and egregious federal and state fugitives to the justice system.
