Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department officers walk in the neighborhood where a shooting took place in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, April 29, 2024.
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Three officers with a U.S. Marshals task force were fatally shot while serving a warrant Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials said.
Three marshals were killed and four officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were shot, officials said. One of those officers was in critical condition, officials said at a news briefing Monday afternoon.
In total, eight law enforcement officers were shot.
They said a suspect was also dead.
A fugitive task force was serving a warrant on a suspect in possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when the violence began.
Earlier Monday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Monday afternoon said that “numerous” law enforcement officers had been shot.
A Charlotte neighborhood where an officer-involved shooting took place in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, April 29, 2024.
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On X, police said a U.S. Marshals task force was conducting an investigation “when they were engaged by active gunfire from a subject.”
After 2 p.m., police warned the public on a post on X to stay away from the 5000 block of Galway Drive where, “Gunfire continues on scene,” police said.
“Numerous law enforcement officers struck by gunfire in active situation in the 5000 block of Galway Drive. The scene is still active,” police said.
No one with the U.S. Marshals Western District of North Carolina, which includes Charlotte, could immediately be reached Monday afternoon for comment.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper called the incident “tragic” and said the state is offering assistance.
“I am in contact with law enforcement concerning the tragic shooting in the Charlotte area, and we have offered state resources to help. — RC,” Cooper said on X.
