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Five killed including four officers and gunman, after a felon engaged cops in a shootout when they tried to serve an arrest warrant at a home in Charlotte, NC – that was filmed by neighbor

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c9c36082826058ce11274ad27f022a7" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332725&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Neighbor filmed gunfight between North Carolina cops and gunmen that left four officers dead and another four injured <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0e22cdc13b16051e9a9177a26f43d551" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332725&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Wanted felo<&sol;strong>n and career criminal Clark Hughes Jr&comma; opened fire on US Marshalls outside the home on Monday afternoon when the came to serve an arrest warrant <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cf742161ce286ad3483fa846fe4c7cb3" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332725&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>The <strong>Hug<&sol;strong>hes Jr was quickly shot dead in the front yard shortly after the firefight began<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb553af5b4a0391c182ef39e9e293e6d" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332725&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Charlotte police officer Joshua Eyer and US Marshall Thomas M Meeks were fatally injured in the shooting <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a806f1f7a12fb0521c4d180355396a55" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332725&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Officers Samuel &&num;8216&semi;Sam&&num;8217&semi; Polche and Officer William &&num;8216&semi;Alden&&num;8217&semi; Elliot&comma; both with the North Carolina Dept of Adult Corrections&comma; were also killed <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e6e12a8c52729892a9c16bcb7beaeda" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332725&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>A woman and a teen male were also arrested at the home which sustained extensive damage after a second unidentified person inside the home started firing&comma; hitting officers<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Terry-Clark-Hughes-Jr-shoots-at-police-in-Charlotte-South-Carolina-1-1024x679&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461015"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>A neighbor filmed the charged situation as Terry Clark Hughes Jr&comma; 39&comma; engaged in a shootout with police in Charlotte&comma; North Carolina on Monday that left four law enforcement officers dead<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A neighbor filmed a terrifying shootout between Charlotte police and two gunmen in a blitz of bullets that left four officers dead and another four injured&period;<br>A livestream shared by Saing Chhoeun on Facebook shows two heavily-armed cops taking cover behind a vehicle as they engage in the gun battle on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-video wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-videopress"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe title&equals;"VideoPress Video Player" aria-label&equals;'VideoPress Video Player' width&equals;'523' height&equals;'930' src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;videopress&period;com&sol;embed&sol;eqs1I9G6&quest;cover&equals;1&amp&semi;preloadContent&equals;metadata&amp&semi;useAverageColor&equals;1&amp&semi;hd&equals;0' frameborder&equals;'0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent&equals;"true" allow&equals;'clipboard-write'><&sol;iframe><script src&equals;'https&colon;&sol;&sol;v0&period;wordpress&period;com&sol;js&sol;next&sol;videopress-iframe&period;js&quest;m&equals;1674852142'><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><br>The video begins with the terrified neighbor seemingly locked outside his house and asking someone to let him in&period; <br>The officers repeatedly ask the neighbor to go inside the home&comma; but he informs them he can&&num;8217&semi;t because he does not have the keys&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Terry-Clark-Hughes-Jr-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461017" style&equals;"width&colon;842px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Four officers were gunned down in a hail of bullets after the wanted suspect&comma; Terry Clark Hughes Jr&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 39&comma; opened fire on them outside the home in Charlotte on Monday afternoon<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After mayhem broke loose four officers were gunned down in a hail of bullets after the wanted suspect&comma; Terry Clark Hughes Jr&comma; 39&comma; opened fire on them outside the home in Charlotte on Monday afternoon&comma; cops said&period; Four other officers were injured but survived&period;<br>The shooting happened as four officers were serving a warrant for felon Terry Clark Hughes&comma; who was wanted for possessing a firearm&period; The suspect&comma; a career criminal with a 20-year-long rap sheet&comma; immediately opened fire on the team on arrival&period; Terry Clark Hughes Jr was wanted for possession of a firearm by felon and felony flight to elude&comma; out of Lincoln County&comma; North Carolina&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Joshua-Eyer-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461022" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Killed&colon; Charlotte police officer Joshua Eyer&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was one of four officers killed in the shootout with Terry Clark Hughes Jr<&sol;strong> <strong>on Monday night <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Thomas-M-Meeks-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461037" style&equals;"width&colon;828px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Killed&colon; US Marshall Thomas M Meeks &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was killed during the terrifying shootout with Terry Clark Hughes Jr<&sol;strong> <strong>in Charlotte<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Samuel-Sam-Polche-left-and-William-Alden-Elliot-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461039" style&equals;"width&colon;838px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Killed&colon; Officers Samuel &&num;8216&semi;Sam&&num;8217&semi; Polche &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; and Officer William &&num;8216&semi;Alden&&num;8217&semi; Elliot &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; both with the North Carolina Dept of Adult Corrections&comma; died on Monday night when Terry Clark engaged law enforcement in a shootout at his home in Charlotte&comma; North Carolina <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Terry-Clark-Hughes-Jrs-home-after-his-shootout-with-cops-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461043" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Terry Clark Hughes Jr&&num;8217&semi;s home after his shootout with cops showing the property damage<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Samuel &&num;8216&semi;Sam&&num;8217&semi; Polche&comma; William &&num;8216&semi;Alden&&num;8217&semi; Elliot and Charlotte police officer Joshua Eyer died Monday along with US Marshall Thomas M Meeks&comma; following the horror shooting as they tried to serve warrant&period; Both Polche and Elliot were North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections officers working with the US Marshal&&num;8217&semi;s office&period; <br>Some of the officers who rushed to the Charlotte neighborhood to rescue the first wave of downed officers were wounded&comma; as a second shooter began firing on them&period; Four officers injured&comma; were transported to hospital where three have been treated and discharged&comma; while the fourth is in stable condition&period;<br>That shooter opened fire after they killed the wanted man&comma; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;When &lbrack;officers&rsqb; approached Hughes they were met by gunfire and returned the gunfire&comma; striking Hughes&comma; who was found deceased in a yard&&num;8217&semi;&comma; Jennings said&period;<br>Officers then received &&num;8216&semi;additional gunfire&&num;8217&semi; from within the residence&comma; but it is not yet clear whose bullets struck which officers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;NC-police-block-the-road-as-Terry-Clark-Hughes-Jrs-engages-in-a-shootout-with-cops-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461049" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>NC police block the road leading to the home on Monday as Terry Clark Hugh Jr engaged cops in a shootout with a US Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm&period; Four officers were killed<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The identity of the second shooter also remains unclear as Charlotte cops continue their investigation into the horror gun fight&comma; but they have stated that a woman and a teen&comma; 17&comma; who were found in the home following the shootout are being questioned&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Today we lost some heroes who were out simply trying to keep our community safe&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Jennings said at a news conference&period;<br>After a three-hour standoff&comma; the home was torn open&period; Armored vehicles smashed into it&comma; ripping off windows and entire doorways that were left broken&period; Several armored vehicles were parked across yards&comma; some with tree branches dangling off them&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Terry-Clark-Hughes-Jrs-home-after-his-shootout-with-cops-2-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461064" style&equals;"width&colon;836px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Front of Hugh Jr&&num;8217&semi;s home in Charlotte after the shoot out with law enforcement on Monday&comma; showing extensive property damage<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>US Marshals Task Force came under fired on by the wanted suspect&period; Eyewitnesses said gunfire erupted as Marshals approached the home to serve Terry Clark Hughes Jr with a warrant for possessing a firearm&period; The wanted man who had a lengthy rap sheet&comma; opened fire on the officers as they approached the home&period;<br>A second person began firing on officers from inside the home and some of the officers who rushed to the scene to rescue the first wave of downed officers were wounded&period; Officers found a high-powered rifle inside the home&period;<br>The suspect was quickly shot dead in the front yard&period; A woman and a 17-year-old male were found in the home after the standoff&period; The two are being questioned&comma; Jennings said&period;<br>The Marshal’s Service confirmed one of its agents was killed&period; <br>An injured police officer died a few hours later at the hospital&comma; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said&period; The deceased cop&comma; Joshua Eyer&comma; had been named officer of the month for the force for April a few weeks ago&comma; chief Jennings said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;Jonny-Jennings-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-461054" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings addressed the tragedy at a press conference on Monday after Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles &lbrack;behind in yellow top&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>One other member of the task force&comma; which is made up of federal agents and other officers from across the region was injured&period;<br>Three other Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers who responded to the scene were shot while trying to rescue the wounded officers&period;<br>Neighbors said gunfire lasted for several minutes&period;<br>A WSOC-TV helicopter captured an armored vehicle driving through yards and knocking over recycling bins before cops loaded a body into an ambulance&period; However&comma; after the home was cleared&comma; the scene was too graphic and disturbing that the helicopter pilot said he couldn’t show the front lawn of the home&period; <br>A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;f&sol;assist-cmpd-officers-us-marshals-killed-in-tragic-shooting">GoFundMe<&sol;a> set up to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;provide support for those officers affected&comma;” has raised more than &dollar;62&comma;000 of the &dollar;250&comma;000 goal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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