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Three (3) Police Officers are dead following a shooting incident at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina, this afternoon (Monday 29th April, 2024). A total of eight (8) Law Enforcement Officers were shot during the incident, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief, Johnny Jennings. The Officers were said to be attempting to serve a warrant at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Among the three (3) dead Officers are a Deputy U.S. Marshal and two (2) local Task Force Officers, authorities say.
According to reports, the shooting unfolded in the 5000 block of Galway Drive as members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were serving a warrant for possession of firearm by a convicted felon, Police Chief Jennings said at a Press Conference this evening.
The Officers were subsequently met with gunfire from a “high-powered rifle” and returned fire, fatally shooting a suspect in the front yard of the house. Jennings said the U.S. Marshals had been serving the warrant to that suspect. “As Officers approached, they received additional gunfire from inside the residence,” the Police Chief said. Three (3) members of the U.S. Marshals Task Force were killed, Jennings said. In a statement to CNN, the U.S. Marshals Service confirmed one of the dead was a Deputy U.S. Marshal. Four (4) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officers were also shot, including one who is in critical condition, “fighting for his life” in the Hospital, the Police Chief said. The other Officers are in stable condition. The Chief did not identify the Officers as authorities are working to notify their families.
Investigations are continuing.
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