Three law enforcement officers were killed and five more were wounded in a shooting incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon, police said.
At the time of the shooting, the U.S. Marshals Task Force was serving a warrant in an investigation in the area “when they were engaged by active gunfire from a subject,” police said Monday.
The suspect, who has not yet been identified, was also killed in the standoff.
🚨🇵🇸🇺🇲🇮🇱 According to Charlotte police head, 8 officers were shot including 4 US MARSHAL while 3 among them has tragically died, 4 CPD cops were only injured excluding one who is tragically injured #Charlotte #Northcarolina #CharlotteAusitn #CharlotteAustin #CharlotteShooting… pic.twitter.com/Cy2JzN3S57
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