The Charlotte community is mourning after one of the city's darkest days. Three U.S. Marshals and a CMPD officer were killed in an ambush in east Charlotte.
officer were killed Monday after being met with “active gunfire” from a suspect inside an east Charlotte home. A total of eight law enforcement officers were shot, including three CMPD officers and one officer from the task force who were injured.
Officers were attempting to serve a warrant on Terry Clark Hughes, Jr., 39, for a possession of a firearm by a felon charge and two counts of felony flee to elude out of Lincoln County, North Carolina. Officers questioned two people who were found inside the house during the standoff> CMPD hasn't said if those people will face any charges. , were told to stay inside their homes until police were able to make the neighborhood safe around 5 p.m. The shooting occurred at a home not far from the intersection of The Plaza and Milton Road. Earlier today, four brave law enforcement officers - including a Deputy U.S. Marshal - were killed in the line of duty.
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