Biden Plans to Meet with Slain North Carolina Officers’ Families

The president is expected to meet with the families of the slain law enforcement officers in Charlotte on Thursday.

May 1, 2024

President Joe Biden will visit Charlotte on Thursday to meet with the families of officers who were killed in an ambush this week in east Charlotte, WSOC TV reports.

Three members of a U.S. Marshals fugitive task force, deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks, North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections workers Sam Poloche and William “Alden” Elliott, were killed while serving a warrant Monday at an east Charlotte home. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer, who responded to aid the task force when it came under fire, was critically wounded before he died at the hospital Monday, Chief Johnny Jennings said.

One suspect— Terry Clark Hughes Jr., 39—was killed at the scene.

CMPD Chief Jennings said in a press conference that police believe he was the only shooter.

The investigation is continuing.

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House Passes Bill That Would Deport Illegal Immigrants for Assaulting Officers

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Biden Touts Efforts to Fund More Police, Pass Gun Control Measures at FOP’s Officer Memorial Service

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FBI Reports 2023 Saw 10-Year High of Assaults on Officers

Agencies providing data to LEOKA reported 79,091 officers were assaulted in 2023. Most officer assaults occurred when responding to simple assaults against a non-officer (6,783 incidents), followed by drug/narcotic violations (4,879).

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Radio Timeline Released of Charlotte Shootout That Killed 4 Officers

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282 Names of Fallen Officers Read at Annual Police Week Candlelight Vigil

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3 Atlanta Officers Shot, Suspect Killed Saturday

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23-Year-Old Ohio Officer Shot and Killed Responding to Disturbance

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California Agency Releases Video of Assault on Officer Leading to OIS

As her body-worn camera later revealed, the change in his demeanor happened as one of the officers discovered the man was hiding a gun.

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