Sam Poloche memorial services on Monday in Uptown Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The fourth and final memorial service for the officers killed in the line of duty two weeks ago in Charlotte will take place on Monday.
A Celebration of Life will be held for North Carolina Department of Corrections Investigator Sam Poloche, 42, at 1 p.m. Monday, May 13, at First Baptist Church in uptown Charlotte.
The event will be private to the media but open to the public. Interment services will be held at Lakeland Memorial Park in Monroe.
A procession will be held in between the two with traffic expected to be impacted on US-74.
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Poloche was one of four law enforcement members killed when a US Marshals Task Force Unit attempted to serve a warrant on Terry Hughes, Jr., on April 29. Hughes was shot and killed in the front yard of the home when he came outside armed.
CMPD Officer Joshua Eyer, Deputy US MArshal Thomas Weeks, and NCDOT Investigator William ‘Alden’ Elliott were all laid to rest in what has been an emotional couple of weeks for the city. Tributes have poured in and included a visit by President Biden with the fallen officers’ families.
According to his obituary, Poloche is survived by his wife and two children.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper is expected to be in attendance on Monday.
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