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A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers approached a home to serve a warrant.

Terry Clark Hughes Jr. is the suspect who opened fire at the scene where four police officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, were shot and killed, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

Authorities said the shooting took place as the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force was attempting to serve a warrant. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Joshua Eyer, who died at a hospital Monday night, was named an Employee of the Month for April just a week before he was slain.

Sam Poloche, Joshua Eyer, and Alden Elliott are the slain law enforcement officers in Charlotte, North Carolina, named so far.

Police said two people inside the house started shooting as the officers approached.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers approached a home to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm, police said.

A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers went serve a warrant.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) Officer Joshua Eyer was one of the victims. He had been with the department for six years and is survived by his wife and three-year-old son.

Four law enforcement officers were killed in a northeast Charlotte shooting on Monday. NCDAC's Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott and CMPD's Joshua Eyer died.

It was the deadliest day for U.S. law enforcement in one incident since five officers were killed by a sniper during a protest in Dallas in 2016.