Charlotte Shooting: 4 North Carolina Policemen Murdered, 4 Injured

North Carolina, four law enforcement officers were shot and killed while executing a warrant in Charlotte, according to reports. Four more were injured.

According to authorities, following a three-hour standoff, at least one suspected attacker was discovered dead in the front yard of a home that was besieged.

There were two armed suspects, according to the authorities.

On Monday, as shooting broke out on the suburban street, the police, who were part of a task group organized by the US Marshals Service, were trying to serve a warrant against a criminal who was wanted for illegally carrying a firearm.

Chief of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Johnny Jennings said during a press conference that when the officers retaliated against an attacker in the front yard, further gunfire was directed towards them from within the house. He said that inside the property was a powerful firearm.

The police chief told reporters, “Today we lost some heroes who were out simply trying to keep our community safe.”

He claimed that, in his thirty years on the force, it was the worst attack he could remember against police personnel.

Witnesses reported that shots were continuously fired more than two hours after the attack started in a residential neighborhood in the east of the city.

The attack came to an end when police broke into the house on Galway Drive in the Shannon Park neighborhood. They used armored cars to smash windows and doorways as they poured inside.

Police added that two more individuals who were inside the house with the suspect—a woman and a 17-year-old boy—were being questioned. At least one of them is thought to have fired at police.

In a statement, the US Marshals Service acknowledged that one of its officers had perished in the operation.

According to Governor Roy Cooper of North Carolina, the Department of Adult Corrections in the state employed two of the deceased policemen.

“Our hearts are with the families and co- workers of officers in today's brutal attack,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Joshua Eyer, a six-year veteran of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, was also killed according to the authorities.

“We are forever indebted to Officer Eyer for his bravery and ultimate sacrifice,” a police statement said.

Chief Jennings said on Monday afternoon: “A lot of the questions that need to be answered, we don't even know what those questions are now.

“We have to get a full understanding of why this occurred and also uphold the integrity of the investigation.”

Throughout the siege, a number of neighboring schools were put under lockdown.

Residents were requested to remain indoors in order to facilitate paramedic rescues, neighboring streets, including Interstate 77, were closed.

Mayor Vi Lyles of Charlotte reported that she spoke with President Joe Biden, who expressed his sympathies to the neighborhood.

The shooting “deeply saddened” the mayor, according to a statement she released.