Multiple law enforcement officers were injured in a shooting in east Charlotte on Monday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A scary shooting scene in an east Charlotte neighborhood is now over with a lengthy police investigation getting underway.
Around 1 p.m., multiple law enforcement officers serving on a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were met with"active gunfire" when they arrived at the home on Galway Drive, the "They were engaged by active gunfire from a subject," the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department confirmed on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.
Numerous roadways throughout the area were partially closed while authorities worked to clear a path for ambulances transporting the injured officers to the hospital. Among those roads are Interstate 77 northbound at I-277 and Independence Blvd. inbound.
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