article_snippet: Jamie Croom, 31, was wounded in a shootout with Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells.
article_snippet: Wells, 28, was trying to arrest Croom, who is suspected in the deaths of a brother and sister in New Roads, Louisiana, CNN affiliate WAFB said.
article_snippet: Authorities said Croom shot and killed Wells at a Baton Rouge motel.
article_snippet: Croom was married and came from a law enforcement family.
article_snippet: Despite the risks, Wells at loved Croom job.
article_snippet: It was Croom passion," longtime friend Alex McGee told the paper.
article_snippet: I tipped my hat to Croom because Croom knew the dangers and wanted to do his job anyway.
article_snippet: Croom, the suspect, was taken to a hospital after Croom, the suspect was wounded, WAFB said.
highlights_snippet: Before The fugitive who killed the marshal'd go back to jail, The fugitive who killed the marshal said, The fugitive who killed the marshal'd rather be dead," Croom's sister says .