What to Know About the Police Shooting in Charlotte

A shootout that broke out on Monday when a team of law enforcement personnel tried to serve warrants to a suspect in Charlotte, N.C., left four officers dead and another four injured.

The shootout, in which the suspect was also killed, was one of the deadliest for American law enforcement in recent years.

Here’s what to know.

What happened in Charlotte?

A group of officers, who were from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the U.S. Marshalls Fugitive Task Force, went to serve warrants to a suspect around 1:30 p.m., the police said in a statement. The suspect, later identified as Terry Clark Hughes Jr., 39, was wanted for being a felon possessing a firearm and for eluding arrest.

As they approached the house, Mr. Hughes opened fire, striking several officers, the police said. When he stepped out of the house, holding a gun, officers judged that he posed an “imminent deadly threat” and shot him, the police said. Mr. Hughes was later pronounced dead in the front yard.

The officers were met with more gunfire from inside the house, the police said. After a long standoff and negotiations, the two women came out of the house and were taken to a police station to be interviewed.

There were two shooters, including Mr. Hughes, and one of the weapons they used was a high-powered rifle, Johnny Jennings, the chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, said at a news conference.