4 law enforcement officers were murdered in Charlotte, NC on April 29, 2024 during a quadruple homicide. The dead include 3 U.S. Marshals and one (CMPD) Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department Officer. The shooter is dead as well. Officer Joshua Eyer with CMPD was shot and killed. Charlotte Alerts is on Instagram.
The massive shooting erupted when the U.S. Marshals Task Force came to a home on Galway Drive to serve an arrest warrant on a suspect at 1:30 p.m.
Within seconds a second suspect inside the home began firing at cops, shooting 8 total. The second suspect shot and killed 3 U.S. Marshals with a high powered rifle. Shots fired officer down was heard on the police radio.
The first U.S. Marshall that was shot died on the scene. The other 2 U.S. Marshals died at the hospital. 8 people were shot total making this an octuple shooting.
Officer Eyer died at the hospital too. Extensive surgery was made on Officer Eyer’s chest and other body parts, but he did not make it and died. Some of the injured were air-lifted to other hospitals by helicopter.
Officer Eyer served in the North Tryon Division for six years. He leaves behind a wife and child. Click here to see other quadruple homicides.
When cops are sworn in they get $100,000 life insurance policies just in case they get killed in the line of duty. Sometimes cops can pick options to get more money, the cash goes to their next of kin or whoever the officer specifies it to in their will.
