by Mary Ramsey at The Charlotte Observer
Local and state officials shared new details Tuesday on the shooting Monday that left four law enforcement officers and a suspect dead amid an hourslong standoff that locked down much of east Charlotte.
Gov. Roy Cooper, Attorney General Josh Stein and officials with the U.S. Marshals Service spoke during a news conference at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center alongside Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings and Mayor Vi Lyles.
Officials identified Thomas “Tommy” Weeks as the deputy marshal killed Monday when a task force was shot at while trying to serve a warrant at a home on Galway Drive in the Shannon Park neighborhood. Weeks was a 13-year veteran of the marshals service. He worked with the Western District of North Carolina for the last 10 years.
He is survived by his wife and four children. “I don’t think words can describe the amount of pain that the Marshal Service and all of its members, our family of law enforcement in general, this community and communities around the country are feeling over such a loss,” Marshal Service Director Ronald Davis said.
Officials previously identified CMPD Officer Joshua Eyer as well as Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott of the Department of Adult Correction as the other officers killed in the shooting.
Jennings for the first time on Tuesday identified the four CMPD officers injured…
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