USA
Four police officers killed in action in North Carolina
Four police officers were killed during an operation in Charlotte. photo
© Khadejeh Nikouyeh/The Charlotte Observer via AP/dpa
Fatal incidents involving firearms occur again and again in the USA. Now fire is being opened on police officers in North Carolina. Four officers pay for the mission with their lives.
When they arrived at his home, a man opened fire in the front yard. The police then also fired and fatally shot the shooter, said Jennings. More shots were fired from the house. The police finally managed to secure the building and arrest two people in the house. They would now be interrogated.
Eight police officers shot
Eight police officers were shot during the operation, said Jennings. Three succumbed to their injuries at the scene and one later died in hospital. “Today we lost some heroes who were simply committed to keeping our community safe,” Jennings said. “If we put on this uniform, we have no guarantee that we will return home.”
Firearms are readily available and widely circulated in the United States. Attacks with many victims regularly shock the country – for example at schools, supermarkets, nightclubs or at large events. But private arguments, police checks, disputes between criminals and gangs also end in death far more often than in other countries because so many people in the USA carry weapons.