A police officer and three members of a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force were shot and killed in Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday when gunfire erupted as they were trying to serve a warrant, authorities said. Four other law enforcement officers were wounded in the shootout.
The suspect the officers were pursuing was also killed. They were identified late Monday as 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes, Jr. Police said Hughes was wanted for two counts of Possession of a Firearm by Felon and Felony Flee to Elude out of Lincoln County, North Carolina.
During a news conference at which Johnny Jennings, the chief of police for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, laid out the timeline of events.