(New Castle, PA) Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Phil Cornelious, Western District of Pennsylvania, announces the arrest of fugitive Tracy Steel Scott, on June 27, 2023, in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Tracy Scott is charged by the Racine Police Department with Criminal Homicide and Possession of a Firearm. These charges stem from a shooting incident which took place on June 6, 2023 in Racine Wisconsin that resulted in the death of a 38-year-old man.

The U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force Milwaulkee Division provided information that Scott may be in New Castle, PA. Operating with that information the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force conducted an investigation to determine Scott’s exact location. Early on the morning of June 27, 2023, with the assistance of the New Castle Police Department and Union Township Police Department Task Force members found Scott in a residence in the 1100 block of Booker Drive, New Castle, PA. Scott was arrested and transported to the New Castle Police Department where he was booked on outstanding felony homicide and firearm warrants from Wisconsin. Scott is currently awaiting extradition back to Wisconsin.

The arrest of this fugitive represents a culmination of extensive cooperative investigative efforts between, U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force, Union Township Police Department, and the New Castle Police Department.

The Task Force objectives are to seek out and arrest fugitives charged with violent crimes, drug offenses, sex offenders and other serious felonies. Nationally the United States Marshals Service fugitive programs are carried out with local law enforcement in 94 district offices, 85 local fugitive task forces, 8 regional task forces, as well as a growing network of offices in foreign countries.