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Fugitive Task Force arrests suspected Louisiana murderer in Huntsville

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Brandon Francois  (Source: Huntsville Police) Brandon Francois (Source: Huntsville Police)
HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) -

A suspected Louisiana murderer was arrested by the U.S. Marshal Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force.

The Fugitive Task Force along with the Huntsville STAC unit took 18-year-old Brandon Francois into custody from a home on Pecan Grove Road in Huntsville Wednesday night.

Francois has warrants for second degree murder and second degree attempted murder.  He is a suspect in a shooting that killed one person and critically wounded another in Hammonds Louisiana Monday.

Larry Smith, 21, of Hammond, died from a gunshot wound to the head. An unidentified 24-year-old man was critically wounded and is hospitalized in Baton Rouge, Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's deputies said.

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