4 officers killed: Charlotte police chief describes 'horrific' scene

>> Ainsley: IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA WHERE POLICE OFFICERS WERE KILLED. >> Lawrence: I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GO HIM NEXT. TO SAY ANOTHER FOX NEWS ALERT. FOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE DEAD AND FOUR OTHERS HURT AFTER A SHOOTOUT IN CHARLOTTE. THE HORRIFIC SCENE UNFOLDING WHEN A SUSPECT OPENED FIRE ON U.S. MARSHALS. THEIR TASK FORCE SERVING A WARRANT. WE ARE NOW LEARNING THERE MAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ONE SHOOTER. HERE WITH THE LATEST ON HIS INVESTIGATION IS CHARLOTTE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE THERE, JOHNNY JENNINGS. CHIEF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE PROGRAM. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ON CERTAINLY NOT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. >> Lawrence: YEAH, CHIEF. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE SEEN YOU. YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIALIZES IN COMMUNITY POLICING. WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY. HOW DO YOU FEEL THAT A SCUM BAG IN YOUR COMMUNITY DECIDED TO TAKE THOSE OFFICERS' LIFE? >> YOU KNOW, IT'S DEVASTATING. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR ANY POLICE CHIEF ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IT CERTAINLY IS A SCAR IN CHARLOTTE AND ALSO A SCAR FOR THE PROFESSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE TO GET THROUGH. THIS WE ARE A RESILIENT TEAM HERE IN CHARLOTTE. I'M SURE THAT WE HAVE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. >> Ainsley: CHIEF JENNINGS, COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE FOUR OFFICERS THAT WERE KILLED? I WAS READING ONE OF THEM LEFT BEHIND A WIFE AND A YOUNG CHILD. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE FOUR OFFICERS? >> >> YES THIS IS PART OF THE U.S. MARSHALS FUGITIVE TASK FORCE. THEY WERE OUT TO SERVE A WARRANT ON AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD A WARRANT FOR FELONY POSSESSION OF FUNERAL BY CONVICTED FELON. THAT INDIVIDUAL DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO OPEN FIRE ON OUR OFFICERS. AND THREE OF THE OFFICERS THAT WERE KILLED THAT DAY, YESTERDAY, WERE WITH THE FUGITIVE TASK FORCE FROM OTHER AGENCIES. THE CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR OFFICERS SHOT. ONE SUCK DOWMED HIS INJURIES LATER YESTERDAY. AND WE'RE CERTAINLY FEELING THE LOSS OF THAT TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT. >> Steve: CHIEF, IT JUST WE MINDS PEOPLE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A ROUTINE ARREST. I MEAN, THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME WOULD SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE JUST GOING TO SERVE A WARRANT. THEN THIS CAN HAPPEN. >> YEAH. BEYOND ANY WILDEST IMAGINATION, OBVIOUSLY THE MOST HORRIFIC THING I HAVE SEEN IN MY CAREER WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. BUT WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, WE PUT ON THIS UNIFORM AND WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE COMING HOME AND THE DANGERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS UNIFORM, OF PUTTING THIS UNIFORM ON. IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS BRINGS IT ALL THE REALITY. AND NOT JUST FOR CHARLOTTE BUT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH. AND THE DANGERS OF THIS JOB. >> Brian: CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENED? YOU HAD EIGHT OFFICERS WERE HIT. FOUR WERE KILLED. CAN YOU SET THE SCENE FOR US AS YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, TOO, THE NEIGHBORS SAID THAT SOME OFFICERS HAD TO GO INTO THEIR HOUSE AND THEY ALMOST LOOKED LIKE SNIPERS IN ORDER TO TAKE THESE GUYS OUT. SO YOU REALLY HAD TO COME TO NATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND STILL 8 OFFICERS GOT SHOT. >> YEAH. ABSOLUTELY HUGE SHOWING OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS OUR REGION. AND THE PEOPLE THAT RESPONDED JUST DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. BUT, YOU KNOW, OFFICERS WHEN THEY WENT TO MAKE THE ARREST AND ENCOUNTERED THIS INDIVIDUAL. HE HAD A HIGH POWERED AUTOMATIC RIFLE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO START OPEN FIRE ON OUR OFFICERS. AS OTHERS HAVE RESPONDED TO SAVE THE OFFICERS THAT WERE DOWN, THEY WERE ALSO HIT WITH GUNFIRE AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY PROUD OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON. WENT TO THE GUNFIRE TO TRY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THEIR BROTHERS IN BLUE AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ENDING ONE A TRAGIC SITUATION HERE. >> Steve: AFTER THE SHOOTER INSIDE THE HOUSE WAS TAKEN OUT, WAS NEUTRALIZED BY THE FORCES, THEN THE SHOOTING CONTINUED FROM THE HOUSE. WHO WAS SHOOTING AFTER THAT GUY WAS TAKEN OUT? >> WELL, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS JUST GOING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE TO THE OTHER. IT JUST APPEARED TO BE TWO INSIDE OF THE HOUSE. WE ORIGINALLY SAID YESTERDAY THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE -- ANOTHER SUSPECT THAT WAS SHOOTING FROM INSIDE. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO UNVEIL FOR US IN SOME OF THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING AS WELL AS OUR BODY WORN. >> Lawrence: STILL HAVE TO DO YOUR JOB AFTER YOU LOST ONE OF YOUR OWN. HOW CAN WE SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR OFFICERS TODAY? >> RIGHT NOW WE NEED PRAYERS. WE NEED SUPPORT FOSHTED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION AS A WHOLE. WE'RE HURTING RIGHT NOW. I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING GREAT CALLS. A LOT OF CALLS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN CANADA. AND JUST TO SHOW SUPPORT AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO US RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF AGENCIES AROUND OUR AREA THAT HAVE HELPED US COME IN AND ANSWER CALLS FOR SERVICE YESTERDAY, WHEN WE WERE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND IT'S JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS. AND IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY AND YESTERDAY WAS ABSOLUTE PROOF OF THAT. >> Steve: IT WAS INDEED. >> Ainsley: CHARLOTTE IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. USUALLY A SAFE COMMUNITY. GREAT PLACE TO RAISE YOUR KIDS AND THIS HAPPENS. GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU FO

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Length: 5min 45sec (345 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 30 2024