US MARSHAL KILLED IN WILD ST. LOUIS SHOOTOUT

DEAD GUNMAN.

DEPUTY JOHN PERRY

A WILD shootout in St. Louis left a 48-year-old U.S. Marshal and the suspect dead. According to cops, Deputy John Perry was part of a team serving a warrant on a man suspected of drug possession and assaulting a law enforcement officer. He was pronounced dead at 7 p.m. Tuesday night in a St. Louis hospital and had been with the Marshals 10 years. A second marshal and a St. Louis cop were also wounded in the shootout.
The dead gunman was ID'd as Carlos Boles, 36, who had served a 10-year
jolt in jail for assault. Last October Boles was busted again for possession, resisting arrest and assaulting a cop.

"Our deputies and law enforcement partners face danger every day in the pursuit of justice for the citizens of this great nation," said Stacia Hylton, the director of the Marshals Service. "Our people and our partners are well trained and prepared, but it is impossible to predict when a wanted individual will make a fateful choice that results in the loss of life or injury.

"When that happens, and the life lost is a law enforcement officer or other public servant, it is an immeasurable tragedy felt by all. Today, unfortunately, we again feel that pain. Our thoughts and prayers are with our fallen deputy as well as the injured and their families."