Fourth Officer Dies After North Carolina Shootout

The New York Times reports:

A shootout that broke out on Monday when a team of law enforcement personnel tried to serve warrants to a suspect in Charlotte, N.C., left four officers dead and another four injured. The shootout, in which the suspect was also killed, was one of the deadliest for American law enforcement in recent years.

A group of officers, who were from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, went to serve warrants to a suspect around 1:30 p.m., the police said in a statement. The suspect, later identified as Terry Clark Hughes Jr., 39, was wanted for being a felon possessing a firearm and for eluding arrest.

As they approached the house, Mr. Hughes opened fire, striking several officers, the police said. When he stepped out of the house, holding a gun, officers judged that he posed an “imminent deadly threat” and shot him, the police said. Mr. Hughes was later pronounced dead in the front yard.

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A shootout that broke out on Monday when law enforcement personnel tried to serve warrants to a suspect in Charlotte, North Carolina, left four officers dead and another four injured.

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