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3 officers fatally shot, 5 injured while serving warrant in Charlotte

Three members of a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force were fatally shot during a standoff Monday while trying to serve a warrant in Charlotte. Five other law enforcement officers were wounded, and the person they were pursuing was killed.

The task force members were attempting to serve a warrant for possession of a firearm by a felon when they were met with gunfire at a Charlotte residence, police said.

The Marshals Service confirmed that one of the task force members who was killed was a deputy U.S. marshal. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) confirmed that the other two task force members were officers who worked in state prisons.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/29/charlotte-shooting-police-officers-nc/

 

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