2024 Charlotte shootout

On April 29, 2024, multiple police officers were involved in a shootout in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States while serving active felony warrants on 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr., resulting in the deaths of three members of a U.S.

Police allege that Hughes initiated the event by firing on the officers as they approached his residence.

Marshals Service task force arrived at 5525 Galway Drive to serve a warrant on Hughes.

[8] He was wanted on multiple warrants, including for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in Lincolnton.

[4] Hughes had a criminal record dating back as early as his conviction of a Person County robbery in September 2009 and was once previously arrested for reckless driving and speeding as the result of a high-speed pursuit that ended with a crash on I-40/85 near Haw River in June 2012.