Charlotte shooting: 4 law officers killed while serving warrant

HERE FOR YOU, THE NEWS LEADER FOX FOUR. AT LEAST TWO SHOOTERS OPENED FIRE ON POLICE AT A NORTH CAROLINA HOME, KILLING FOUR OFFICERS AND WOUNDING FOUR OTHERS. GOOD EVENING. I'M STEVE EAGER. IT'S 9:00. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED AS A TASK FORCE TEAM APPROACHED A HOME TO SERVE A WARRANT. A MAN IN THE FRONT YARD STARTED SHOOTING. OFFICERS RETURNED FIRE, KILLING HIM. THEN MORE SHOTS CAME FROM INSIDE THE HOME. AFTER AN HOURS LONG STANDOFF, A WOMAN AND A 17 YEAR OLD INSIDE THE HOME WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. FOX'S KEVIN URETSKY HAS MORE. TRAGEDY UNFOLDING IN NORTH CAROLINA ON MONDAY AFTER THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WERE SHOT AND KILLED WHILE SERVING A WARRANT AT A HOME IN CHARLOTTE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE OFFICERS WERE PART OF A US MARSHALS TASK FORCE. THEY WERE FIRST SHOT AT AS THEY APPROACHED THE PROPERTY. POLICE RETURNED FIRE, SHOOTING AND KILLING A MAN IN THE FRONT YARD. THE SAME ONE OFFICERS WERE THEREFORE WANTED FOR FELONY FIREARM POSSESSION. WE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS SET UP, THAT WE WERE SERVING THE WARRANT ON WAS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FIRED THE INITIAL SHOTS. THEN MORE GUNFIRE FROM INSIDE THE HOME, A THREE HOUR STANDOFF ENSUED. I STEPPED OUTSIDE MY DOOR. POLICE WERE RUNNING BY AND THEN AMBULANCE STARTED COMING IN AND THEY WERE JUST GOING EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE. FOR CHARLOTTE MECKLENBURG, OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED WERE ALSO SHOT WHILE TRYING TO RESCUE THEIR WOUNDED COMRADES. ONE CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION, ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE TASK FORCE ALSO WOUNDED DURING THE SHOOTOUT. WE HEARD ABOUT OVER 100 GUNSHOTS. IT SOUNDED LIKE WORLD WAR THREE. ULTIMATELY, A SWAT TEAM ARRIVED ON SCENE USING AN ARMORED VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE HOME. INSIDE A WOMAN AND A 17 YEAR OLD MALE WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. POLICE SAY A HIGH POWERED RIFLE WAS FOUND INSIDE THAT HOME. LAW ENFORCEMENT TONIGHT, GRIEVING THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST HERE TODAY IS AN ABSOLUTE TRAGIC DAY FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE AND FOR THE PROFESSION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. TODAY, WE LOST SOME HEROES

Channel: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

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Length: 2min 2sec (122 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 30 2024