Servinga Warrant News Today

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said.

In, theyre hard-pressed to do so. we have two officers, as we know it now, still inside with the individual and just keep trying. i think the main tactic now or strategy is going to come from the two officers who are inside that room by maintaining their composu composure and thats something we worry about. in fact, in the 2002, we had a situation right here in new york city where we had one of our detectives held hostage and had a gun to his head and the main -- the main thing that saved the da...

Strategy is going to come from the two officers who are inside that room by maintaining their composure and thats something we worry about. in fact, in the 2002, we had a situation right here in new york city where we had one of our detectives held hostage and had a gun to his head and the main -- the main thing that saved the day on that was the detective maintaining his composure inside that room. >> this was a serving a warrant on drug-related warrant, if a suspect -- if a person who is barri...

Scene. that video you showed a second go of that suspect walking out of temple university hospital that was just about an hour to an hour and a half ago. we are told he was there because of the tear gas that police fired into the home last night. take a look at this video now and you will see that happen. this was shortly before midnight. that alleged suspect was being treated as a result of that tear gas. that happened shortly before midnight as i mentioned. between that tear gas and a four-per...

>> reporter: gunshots heard in the background. officers calling for backup. all of it playing out on live tv. >> a tense situation. >> reporter: the citys elite strike force moving in with an armored vehicle. residents reporting hearing more than 100 gunshots. the air thick with the smell of gunpowder. >> i heard so many gunshots that i got scared. >> gio, were just learning why the officers were responding at that home? >> reporter: thats right. were learning they were trying to serve a narcoti...