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The U.S. Marshals Task Force was trying to serve a warrant to a convicted felon wanted for gun possession at a home in Charlotte around 1:30 p.m.
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.
Four police officers serving a warrant for a felon were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout in North Carolina.
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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.
Four law enforcement officers were killed, and four others injured Monday, in a shooting in a residential area of Charlotte, N.C., according to authorities.