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Gunfire broke out on Monday as officers from the U.S. Marshals
Office approached the home to serve a warrant for possession of
a firearm by a convicted felon. They returned fire and the
fugitive was fatally shot in the front yard during the gunfight,
according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Two females who were inside the home during the standoff are
cooperating with the investigation and police are not looking at
additional persons of interest, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police
Department chief Johnny Jennings said at a news conference.
"We're not ruling out the possibility that someone else was
firing as well," Jennings said. He said police were still
reviewing the timeline and police body camera footage.
Jennings said investigators recovered an AR-15 rifle, a
40-caliber handgun and additional ammunition from the home.
Three of the officers who were killed were part of a U.S.
Marshals Task Force and the fourth slain officer was with the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Jennings said.
Four other officers were injured in the shooting. One remained
in the hospital on Tuesday and was expected to make a full
recovery. Three others been released from the hospital, Jennings
said.
"It's just been very tough, knowing that you have families that
are hurting right now," he said.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said he had met one of the
wounded officers and families of those killed at the hospital.
"The investigation into this tragic, brutal, deadly attack will
result in more answers that we don't know today, and I expect it
to find those answers and bring to justice people for these
needless deaths of these brave officers," Cooper told reporters
at the news conference.
In response to the shooting, President Joe Biden on Monday
called for additional action to combat gun violence in the
United States.
"Leaders in Congress need to step up so that we ban assault
weapons and high-capacity magazines, require safe storage of
guns, and pass universal background checks and a national red
flag law," Biden said in a statement.
(Reporting by Katharine Jackson; Editing by David Gregorio)
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