It was one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. law enforcement in decades. Eight officers were shot. Four of them died.
“It was like pow pow pow pow pow,” recalled Kiashia Williams, a resident of Charlotte. “By the time I could turn in, pow pow pow.”
It began Monday afternoon, near Charlotte, North Carolina.
“Did he just say four cops got shot?” asked a shocked resident of the city. “Yeah, they did. Oh, my God.”
Officers with a U.S. Marshals’ Service task force were attempting to arrest a felon wanted for illegally possessing a firearm when they encountered the suspect in his front yard with a gun.
“Shots fired at officers. Possibly one down. Subjects– Correction, two down. Subject’s barricaded himself,” a police dispatch officer can be heard saying on the police radio.
“When they approached that individual, they were met with gunfire. Officers returned gunfire and struck the victim,” said Chief Johnny Jennings with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
As officers moved closer to the house, they encountered more gunfire.
“As officers approached that individual they then received additional gunfire from inside of the residence,” said Jennings.
Police immediately cordoned off the area just east of Charlotte, deploying SWAT teams, police helicopters,
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