President Biden to visit families of fallen officers in Charlotte after deadly shootout

Ciara Lankford
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President Biden to visit families of fallen officers in Charlotte after deadly shootout
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CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — President Biden plans to visit families in Charlotte on Thursday following the senseless deaths of four law enforcement officers, sources confirm.

Four officers part of the US Marshals Service Task Force died from injuries when a suspect, identified as Terry Hughes Jr., 39, opened fire on a group of law enforcement officers Monday.

Watch live: Procession for fallen Deputy US Marshal Thomas Weeks

The four officers were part of a team executing a warrant for the arrest of Hughes, who was wanted out of Lincoln County, Monday in the 5000 block of Galway Drive in east Charlotte.

The four law enforcement officers who were killed have been identified as:

  • Officer Joshua Eyer, CMPD (Also a Sergeant First Class in the North Carolina Army National Guard – 211th Military Police Company)

  • Samuel Poloche, NC Dept. of Adult Corrections (Member of U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force)

  • William Elliott, NC Dept. of Adult Corrections (Member of U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force)

  • Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks Jr. (Assigned to the Western District of North Carolina and supporting the Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force)

Hughes was fatally shot by law enforcement on Monday when police said he came out of the east Charlotte home, armed.

Earlier this week, President Biden had announced plans to visit Wilmington on Thursday. No further information about the reason for the visit has been released at this time.

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