2024 Charlotte shootout

2024 Charlotte shootout
Location5525 Galway Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
DateApril 29, 2024
1:50 – 4:56 p.m.[2] (EDT)
TargetCharlotte-Mecklenburg Police and United States Marshal officers.
Attack type
Mass shooting, mass murder, shootout,[3] resisting arrest
WeaponsAR-15–style rifle
.40-caliber handgun
Deaths5 (including the perpetrator)
Injured4
PerpetratorTerry Clark Hughes Jr

On April 29, 2024, multiple police officers were involved in a shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States while serving active felony warrants on 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr., resulting in the deaths of three members of a U.S. Marshal task force and one local police officer. Police allege that Hughes initiated the event by firing on the officers as they approached his residence. After the police began returning fire, additional gunfire came from inside the residence, which officers say may have come from Hughes firing more shots while down before succumbing at the scene.[4]

  1. ^ Oehrli, Ryan; Coin, Julia; Noel, Rebecca; Bergeron, Josh (April 30, 2024). "'Sounded like Vietnam out there.' Charlotte residents describe shooting where officers killed". Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  2. ^ Lomis, Connor (April 29, 2024). "'We lost heroes.' 3 US Marshal task force officers killed, 4 CMPD officers hurt, 1 critically, in E CLT shootout". WBTV. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  3. ^ Verduzco, Erik; Smith, Peter (April 29, 2024). "4 law officers killed, 4 others wounded trying to serve warrant in North Carolina, authorities say". Associated Press. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  4. ^ Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. "Eight Officers Shot, Four Officers Killed During Investigation". Retrieved April 30, 2024.