Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Terry Clark Hughes
Gender : Male
Age : 39
Race : Black
Date : 04/29/2024
Location : Galway Drive near Denson Place
City : Charlotte
County : Charlotte-Mecklenburg
State : North Carolina
Agency : Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD), U.S. Marshals Service
Officer(s) :Joshua Eyer, William Alden Elliot, Thomas Weeks Jr., and Sam Poloche
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed in major shootout
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
TOTAL FATALITIES/INJURIES:
Fatalities: 5 (4 officers, 1 individual)
Injuries: 4 officers
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SUMMARY:On 04/29/2024, officers from a U.S. Marshals Service task force and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department attempted to serve felony warrants to 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr. at a residence on Galway Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Hughes fired shots at officers with an AR-15–style rifle. Officers opened fire, killing Hughes.
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Four officers were killed, including Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Poloche, North Carolina Department of Adult Correction officers William Alden Elliot and Thomas Weeks Jr., and CMPD officer Joshua Eyer, who later died at the hospital.
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Four other officers sustained injuries during the incident, including three CMPD officers and one Statesville Police Department officer.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and U.S. Marshals Service are investigating the incident.
