( CNN ) -- A deputy U.S. marshal who had been with the service for just over a year was fatally shot while serving an arrest warrant Wednesday morning in West Virginia , according to a spokesman for the U.S . Marshals Service . Deputy U.S . Marshal Derek Hotsinpiller , 24 , of Bridgeport , W.Va. , was one of three deputies hit by a shotgun blast as they entered a residence in Elkins at about 8:30 a.m. , said spokesman Jeff Carter . Hotsinpiller was airlifted to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown , about 70 miles away , where he died , the Marshals Service said . Hotsinpiller had been serving with the Northern District of West Virginia office in Clarksburg since his graduation from the U.S . Marshals Academy , Carter said . The deputies , along with members of the West Virginia State Police and the Mountain State Fugitive Task Force , were serving an arrest warrant on Charles E. Smith , 50 , who was wanted on a charge related to possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute , as well as a felon in possession of a firearm charge , Carter said . iReporter shocked by shooting in his neighborhood . Smith and the officers exchanged fire after the initial shot , and Smith was killed , Carter said . One deputy `` continues to recover from his injuries , '' and the third has been treated at a nearby hospital and released , Carter added . The identities of the wounded deputies were not released . `` Every day , families of law enforcement officers live with the fact that their loved one may not return home following a shift of work , said Col. T.S . Pack , superintendent of the West Virginia State Police . `` Today , we are experiencing that sad reality here in West Virginia . '' The state police and the FBI and are investigating the shooting , Carter said . The last U.S. marshal to die from gunfire occurred in Las Vegas on January 4 , 2010 , while the last marshal 's death in the line of duty took place in Idaho nearly two decades earlier .
A deputy U.S. marshal was killed in the shooting . A second deputy ` ` time to recover from his injuries '' The third officer has been treated at nearby hospital and released . James Lee Smith and the officers exchanged fire , which left Smith dead .