CMPD update on fatal police assault expected

CHARLOTTE, NC — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police will hold a press conference at 6:30 p.m. to provide an “important update” related to the April 29 shooting that left four officers dead in east Charlotte.

Three U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force officers and a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer were killed on April 29 after they were “actively fired upon” by a suspect at a home in East Charlotte. In total, nine police officers were injured, including three CMPD officers, a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force member and a CMPD officer who suffered a broken foot in the incident.

The suspect was killed by police during the shootout. The shooting occurred as a U.S. Marshals task force was executing arrest warrants at a home on Galway Drive in east Charlotte.

It is currently unknown what content the update will include, but WCNC Charlotte will stream it live once it begins.

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