4 law enforcement officers killed while serving warrant in North Carolina

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Many of the construction workers said there were crews on every floor of the building. They said when the flames sparked, the workers themselves tried to put out the fire. But because of how quickly it spread, it was impossible for the workers to get it under control. At a news conference, officials said the suspect, Terry Clark Hughes Jr., had opened fire from the second floor of his house, leaving four members of a fugitive task force dead and four other officers injured. Fifteen construction workers were rescued by firefighters.

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The city's police chief announced Monday night that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who had been wounded, Joshua Eyer, had also died. More than 90 firefighters were called to battle a massive fire at an apartment complex that was under construction near SouthPark Mall Thursday. The fire started shortly after 9am on Liberty Row Drive.

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"And he certainly dedicated his life and gave his life to serve our citizens." Just before 2 p.m., firefighters had significantly knocked the flames down. Charlotte Fire issued a second alarm on the fire, which means they increased the amount of manpower and resources sent to the scene. One person has been seriously injured as a result of the fire, Queen City News reports. The station quoted a fire official from nearby Waxhaw saying that first responders were "putting plenty of water on the crane to ensure the metal didn’t twist or collapse."

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He later offered his condolences to the families and co-workers in the "brutal attack." Police were eventually able to clear the home, Jennings said. Two people inside, one of them 17 years old, were detained as persons of interest. "It was just last month I was in this very room congratulating Officer Eyer for becoming officer of the month in April," Police Chief Johnny Jennings said.

Charlotte fire: 2 unaccounted for, 15 rescued as crews battle five-alarm blaze in SouthPark

"The prestigious SouthPark neighborhood sits about six miles south of Uptown Charlotte and puts residents within one mile of more than 65 restaurants, 1,200 hotel rooms and various entertainment options." The Charlotte Fire Department says it is battling a massive blaze Thursday at a construction site in the North Carolina city’s SouthPark area. Both men were part of the construction crew working on the upscale apartment buildings when the fire broke out. The deaths of Sherrill and Holmes came after an apartment complex still under construction burst into flames on Thursday morning after a spray foam insulation trailer caught fire.

There are concerns that the entire structure is unstable and could collapse, the captain said. "We may be talking about more tragedy than ... we're talking about today," Johnson said Friday of the life-threatening situation his firefighters experienced Thursday. "It was a very fast-moving fire [with] high heat conditions well over 2000 degrees. And as a construction site is open, a lot of wood is exposed the fire moved very rapidly," Johnson said. "He got that job, and he was doing real good at it, so I was very, very proud of him," Sherrill's father, Terry Campbell, told WSOC. The family of one of the victims, Demonte Sherrill, 30, told ABC affiliate WSOC that he was one of the deceased men. Another witness spoke to Monreal about what happened when the fire started.

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Fire officials said crews had several "maydays," which means crews were either trapped or had access issues when escaping. In total, 15 workers were rescued from the site and no firefighters were injured. Another company of firefighters battled dangerous flames in order to successfully rescue a worker trapped atop a construction crane. Before that worker could climb down, firefighters brought him "protective equipment" to help him manage the intense heat of the crane and its ladder during his descent. Firefighters were trying to reach the two trapped construction workers, but firefighters had to declare their own "mayday" during the rescue attempt.

That person was later rescued by Charlotte firefighters and was transported by Medic with non-life-threatening injuries. Video released by the department shows flames and smoke billowing from a structure in the 7700 block of Liberty Row Drive. Fire officials previously told CBS News that a tower crane operator, who was working at the construction site when the fire broke out, was rescued and safely on the ground. The operator was transported to a hospital with injuries that are not life-threatening. By Thursday evening, not much of the apartment building remained.

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The fire started on the second floor, according to witnesses. “I was hoping but just from the (Facebook Live), and the way the room filled up with smoke, I didn’t see it being any hope at that time,” she said. Fire officials struck a fifth alarm shortly before 10 a.m. He was taken to the hospital, Morris said, where he remained Thursday afternoon. "High heat conditions well over 2,000 degrees, and as the construction site is open, a lot of wood is exposed, the fire moved very rapidly."

“Losing a deputy, losing task force officers is like losing a family member because quite frankly, they are family members,” Ronald L. Davis, the director of the U.S. Marshals Service, said at a news conference on Tuesday. A second person then started pumping bullets from inside the home and some of the officers who rushed to the scene to rescue the first wave of downed officers were wounded, Jennings added.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, who spoke at Monday's news conference, said the community must honor the deputy marshals who lost their lives and the wounded officers. A witness told the Charlotte Observer newspaper that the crane operator's wife watched from the ground as the rescue operation unfolded before paramedics whisked the man away to a local hospital. Firefighters were able to rescue a crane operator who had been trapped high above the smoke and flames. On Thursday, fire officials confirmed that 15 workers were rescued from the blaze. Demonte Sherrill was one of the two construction workers who were unaccounted for immediately after the fire. Firefighters themselves had to be rescued after they became trapped while rescuing others in the fast-moving fire.

Police shared the same information, saying an officer will complete a missing persons report. They asked family to provide the person’s full name, date of birth, physical description and a recent photo. WSOC-TV said their helicopter captured an armored vehicle driving through yards and knocking over recycling bins before officers removed a person with blood on their shirt who was then loaded into an ambulance. The Marshal’s Service confirmed one of its agents was killed. Two officers from the state Department of Adult Correction also were killed, said North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. The governor was in Charlotte and was speaking to the families of the officers killed and hurt.

Flames and smoke billowed from the condos and several crews and fire engines were at the scene fighting the blaze. CHARLOTTE — Police are investigating after someone died in a massive condominium fire that left much of Uptown Charlotte surrounded in a cloud of smoke Tuesday afternoon. The two men killed in a massive construction fire in SouthPark have been positively identified. The Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office says Demonte Sherrill and Ruben Holmes were both killed in the fire. Within hours of the fire breaking out, firefighters said 15 people were rescued, but two were unaccounted for.

I also want to commend the heroic efforts by the Charlotte Fire Department, putting their lives on the line to help rescue 15 individuals. This is a demonstration of what serving the community is all about. The chief said investigators aren't sure what set off the blaze and haven't been able to do a thorough investigation of the trailer. Investigators think the fire started in a trailer used to spray insulation into the building's walls, Johnson said. Looking back at past five-alarm fires in Charlotte's history, a storage building was destroyed by a five-alarm fire in southwest Charlotte in July 2022.

The task force was made up of officers from multiple agencies, who often team up to find and arrest suspects. Those killed included two veteran officers of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott. As they approached the house, Mr. Hughes opened fire, striking several officers, the police said.

Chase White was shot in Tucson, Arizona, by a man wanted for stalking local law enforcement officers, the agency said. Police in North Carolina say several officers on a task force trying to serve a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, have been struck by gunfire Monday afternoon. Seeing Hughes as an “imminent deadly threat” officers fired on the suspect, who was later pronounced dead at the scene, according to officials. Four members of law enforcement were shot and killed and four were wounded while they attempted to serve two warrants in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said Monday. In July 2016, four police officers and one transit officer were killed in downtown Dallas after an armed sniper opened fire during a demonstration against fatal shootings by the police. The police killed the gunman with an explosive sent by a remote-controlled robot.