Several law enforcement officers have been shot in a neighborhood in east Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said on Monday.
Officers from several agencies in the US Marshals Task Force were trying to serve a warrant when a “subject” began firing at them, the police department said.
About three hours after the gunfire began, police said one person suspected of being involved in the shooting was found dead by a SWAT team clearing the house.
They said two others inside the home were being questioned but that there was no further danger to members of the public and that neighbors no longer needed to shelter.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said he was in contact with law enforcement in Charlotte and offered any state resources to help.
Details about the situation still unclear
Police are yet to say exactly how many officers were injured in the exchange and the specific nature of the warrant being served by the officers.
Local resident Kiashia Williams said she was driving home when she heard several shots a few seconds apart.
“Ambulances, police and everything everywhere just started rushing down,” she told the Associated Press news agency as she waited in her car to be allowed to return home.
Four local schools were temporarily placed on lockdown, but that was lifted late afternoon, district authorities have said.
mf/rm (AP, Reuters)
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