Three officers on a U.S. Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and five other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says officers from the U.S. Marshals Task Force were carrying out an investigation in a suburban neighborhood when they came under fire.
Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.