A shootout broke out Monday when a group of law enforcement officers tried to serve a warrant on a suspect in Charlotte, N.C., leaving four officers dead and four others injured.
The shooting, in which the suspect was also killed, was one of the deadliest for US law enforcement in recent years.
Here’s what to know.
What happened in Charlotte?
Police said in a report that a team of officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force responded to serve a warrant on a suspect around 1:30 p.m. declare. Suspect, is then determined as Terry Clark Hughes Jr., 39, wanted for gun possession and evading arrest.
As they approached the house, Mr. Hughes opened fire, striking several officers, police said. When he walked out of the house holding a gun, police assessed that he posed an “imminent deadly threat” and shot him, police said. Mr Hughes was later pronounced dead in the front yard.
Police said officers were met with more gunfire from inside the house. After a long struggle and negotiation, the two women left the house and were taken to the police station for questioning.
Johnny Jennings, Chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, said in a news conference that there were two gunmen, including Mr. Hughes, and one of the weapons they used was a high-powered rifle.
Eight officers were injured in the gunfight and taken to the hospital. Three people were pronounced dead on arrival and another person died from his injuries on Monday night.
The officers come from many agencies.
Police said four members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were shot and three of them died.
The task force includes officers from multiple agencies. The dead included two veteran officers of the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections, Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott.
The US Marshals Service confirmed that one of its deputy marshals was among those killed. It did not identify the marshal.
Four members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were also shot, one of whom died from his injuries Monday evening, police said. on social networks. The deceased officer, Joshua Eyer, Police said they were helping other officers apprehend the suspect when he was shot.
How often do shootings like this happen?
This is one of the deadliest recent attacks on law enforcement in the United States.
In July 2016, Four police officers and one transit employee were killed in downtown Dallas after an armed sniper opened fire during a protest against a deadly police shooting. Police destroyed the gunman with explosives sent by a remote-controlled robot.
That same month, a gunman shot and killed three officers and injured three others in Baton Rouge, La. The gunman was killed in a gunfight.
Chief Jennings described Monday’s shooting as the most tragic in his more than three decades with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
