Deputy US Marshal dies of wounds from gun battle

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service in Washington says a deputy marshal shot in the head during a St. Louis gun battle has died of his wounds at a hospital.

The agency says Deputy U.S. Marshal John Perry, who died, had been with the U.S. Marshals for almost 10 years.

Authorities say the suspect, Carlos Boles, shot the 48-year-old Perry and two other officers as they were trying to arrest Boles on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer and drug possession.

Boles was killed in the exchange. The other two law enforcement officers survived.