Shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina, Kills 4 Officers: What to Know The New York Times

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The identification of the two people found at the scene had not been publicly released, and notification of next of kin, will be done by the medical examiner. Quiroja said many of the workers are without their jobs and their tools, since they were forced to leave those behind when they rushed out. “They started getting out, they started screaming ‘get out, get out because the building is on fire,’” he described to Sáenz. He described what happened when news of the fire spread. Sáenz spoke with Alejandro Quiroja, who was working on the building’s metal framing on the first floor.

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Several neighbors managed to capture the terror as officers scrambled to seek cover and heavily-armed law enforcement started returning fire with snipers. — Two people are in the hospital after a house fire that broke out in south Charlotte early Sunday morning, according to officials. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, officers were helping Charlotte Fire with the condo fire when firefighters found the body. But as of Thursday afternoon, two workers who were in the area of the construction site where the fire initially broke out remain unaccounted for, the newspaper added.

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Huge flames are seen billowing out from the roof of the structure in a separate video, recorded by the Twitter user @mr_veal from inside a building across the street. The fire captain told CBS News that on Thursday night, structural engineers deemed it unsafe for heavy machinery to operate overnight, so search and rescue efforts were paused until morning. Efforts resumed in the morning as machinery was used to search under debris. A friend of one of the men who was killed in the fire, 30-year-old Demonte Sherrill, told WCNC Charlotte they fear he died when the building collapsed on top of him.

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As he backed away to safety, officers could be seen rushing at least one injured colleague from the scene. Medic confirmed one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and another with minor injuries. Dozens of firefighters utilized at least two ladder trucks to battle the blaze on Graham Street, which was blocked off between Sixth and 10th streets.

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The fire was visible for miles with large plumes of smoke filling the air all over Charlotte. One person near the fire said they started yelling out of their window but firefighters couldn't hear them. Over 90 firefighters from the Charlotte Fire Department rescued 15 people from the construction site.

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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."

Exposed wood at the construction site allowed the fire to move quickly, reaching scorching temperatures well over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the chief. One worker has died after firefighters battled a massive, five-alarm blaze that broke out Thursday morning at a construction site in Charlotte, North Carolina. Johnson also confirmed that two "maydays" were issued after firefighters had issues getting out of the fire while rescuing some of the construction workers. Three members of the task force were pronounced deceased at the hospital, officials said Monday night. Todd Ishee, North Carolina’s Secretary of Adult Corrections, confirmed in a statement that two of the task force members were 14-year Department of Adult Corrections veterans Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott.

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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.

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Marshals Fugitive Task Force were shot, three of which succumbed to their injuries. Dramatic video has emerged of the moment a shootout broke out in North Carolina that slaughtered four law enforcement officers and wounded several others as they tried to serve a warrant on a felon. The violence broke out as the task force was serving a warrant on a suspect in possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The subject, who was not publicly identified, began shooting with a high-powered rifle, Jennings said. Task force members returned fire and killed the suspect in the home's front yard, he said.

Fifteen people, including a crane operator, were rescued by firefighters Thursday. The two people who died in the 2,000-degree fire were believed to be on the sixth floor of a building before flames tore through the area, officials said. A construction worker on the scene of the massive fire told WCNC Charlotte that he and his crew were working in the building before the massive blaze. He said the 7-story building was set to become a 239-unit luxury multifamily community, known as Modera SouthPark.

Authorities have identified three of the slain officers. The investigation is being conducted by CMPD’s Homicide Unit. As is standard procedure with any officer involved shooting, the CMPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau will conduct a separate but parallel investigation. Upon securing the scene, the suspect was pronounced deceased at the residence.

Charlotte-Mecklenberg Police Officer Joshua Eyer was critically injured and later succumbed to his injuries, authorities said. He was a six-year veteran of the force and is survived by a wife and 3-year-old child. The CMPD’s Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) began negotiations with other occupants in the house. Two females exited the residence and were transported to the Law Enforcement Center (LEC) in Uptown (601 E. Trade St.) to be interviewed by detectives.

Firefighters in North Carolina rescued at least 15 people including a crane operator Thursday after a five-alarm fire involving injuries broke out at a construction site near downtown Charlotte. Witnesses and social media video described spectacularly high flames, leaping 50 feet in the air. The fire was mostly extinguished as of noon, though firefighters were still spraying hot spots.

Charlotte firefighters arrived within minutes of the first call, which was placed around 9 a.m. Thursday morning, according to the Charlotte Fire Department. Fire officials said over 90 firefighters fought the fire and rescued 15 workers from the burning construction site. One person had to be rescued after becoming trapped atop a crane.

"The fire spread rapidly," Johnson said at the news conference Friday. According to its website, Modera SouthPark is a wood-frame, podium-style community consisting of twin buildings that make up more than 200 apartment homes. Charlotte fire said while they were battling the blaze, they had several "Maydays," which means crews were either trapped or had access issues when escaping.