Charlotte shooting: Four police officers killed in North Carolina home siege | BBC News
Four police officers have been fatally shot with four others officers wounded while serving a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, officials say.
At least one suspected attacker was found dead in the front yard of a barricaded home after a standoff that lasted three hours, police said.
Authorities said two armed suspects were involved.
It is one of the deadliest assaults on US law enforcement in decades.
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The news forgot to mention..A Criminal repeat offender let loose back into society.
@hustlecrowe9440
16 күн бұрын
You forgot to mention the NRA and GOP are fighting in courts to overturn laws that prevent convicted criminals from owning guns... they want EVERYONE to owns guns, even felons.
@3Angela
16 күн бұрын
Strange that BBC (and the other news outlets) fail to identify the criminals. I want names and photos.
@novaboy1174
16 күн бұрын
How is that news at this point ? Everyone is getting let loose on the streets while we have empty prisons.
@AnimatedCardboard
16 күн бұрын
@@coverts2962 I know, someone should tell the criminals that murder is illegal, that'd stop them!
@Patrioti_Ilirik
16 күн бұрын
@@3AngelaWhat are police called when they kill American citizens.. The should also be called criminals
A SWAT team for an illegal firearm? SWAT is notorious for not announcing themselves, and for getting wrong addresses.
@JohnSmith-fz1wh
16 күн бұрын
They are basically a terrorist group similar to the thugs in the old Soviet Union.
@Interference22
16 күн бұрын
You do realise SWAT were called AFTER the four officers that attended the initial crime were shot dead, right? It's explicitly mentioned in the video. SWAT didn't initiate.
Meh, another day in USA
@Dakblasta
16 күн бұрын
No not really, dont be an ass
@ZX235w3
16 күн бұрын
Exactly how Republicans love it. Those NRA money is too much for them to say no
@user-ck6bf3ke1w
16 күн бұрын
Yup, and I'll have forgotten about all this by the time I finish posting this to you, lol.
@David-ep5om
16 күн бұрын
@@ZX235w3What does the NRA have to do with black crime?
@frankadams3181
16 күн бұрын
@@Dakblastayeah really
Condolences to the Police and their families, it's just a tragic day.
I get the feeling that this isn't the whole story.
@Frack_Black
16 күн бұрын
Don't feed this ^^^ 🤡 folks.
@0rbit80y
16 күн бұрын
LOL, it's the BBC. No sh\t.
@paulcarpenter7844
16 күн бұрын
Never is
@johnruddick686
16 күн бұрын
yes I question their description of the events.....
@gmanette188
16 күн бұрын
Check out PBS
In America, everyday news on TV is Shooting.... Shooting.... Shooting.....
@BB-gr9hq
16 күн бұрын
Demographics are destiny.
@user-re7bz8hd8x
16 күн бұрын
And in the UK it's stabbing,stabbing, stabbing.
@ian_r125
16 күн бұрын
@@user-re7bz8hd8x Yet the US has a higher rate of knife homicides, and also a 5x higher homicide rate
@Nick-fg4dq
16 күн бұрын
@@user-re7bz8hd8xguns in the uk are controlled,everyone man woman or child can get a knife...just walk into the kitchen it's full of em.
@goldeneagle99
16 күн бұрын
@@user-re7bz8hd8xand shootings and acid attacks...
Normal day over there police know people are armed
@doithimaceabhard7457
16 күн бұрын
They were there because he was known to have an illegal weapon
@mobilehutch
16 күн бұрын
@@doithimaceabhard7457what about every other stop they conduct where there's an unknown status of a weapon. These LEO knew the suspect was armed and had a history of violence and still turned it into the OK Corral.
@MadSceintist
16 күн бұрын
@@mobilehutch Stupid people on both sides, don't make either side right or wrong
@SubmitToGod-tv5iu
16 күн бұрын
Peace be with you 💚 We Invite You To Join The Religion of Islam, as you may find peace. Islam is the latest Revelation from Allmighty God (Allah) for All the Human & Jinn kinds WorldWide. Our suggestion just Study all Religions including Islam, then you're welcome to convert to the religion of Islam in order to successfully pass this Test of Life and be saved from everlasting Punishment of the HellFire. We wish All the Best 🕊🌷
@gmshadowtraders
16 күн бұрын
THUG LIFE
Normal day in USA
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
with the 15/50 community
@JJ_LL
13 күн бұрын
No it isn't. Go live in Libya, Somalia, Mexico, Egypt, South Africa, West Africa, Venezuela, Brazil, and many other places.
@Chris-ig3fb
13 күн бұрын
Yea felons not in jail and night raids being frowned upon
Funny thing is, in America this isn't even news worthy 🤣🤣🤣
@janet_bristow
16 күн бұрын
oh, i think it will be, this is quite an unusual dynamic, even for them
@ShatteredEclipse2187
15 күн бұрын
I’m American, it’s all over the news. This type of event is tragic and newsworthy anywhere.
@loongcat6500
15 күн бұрын
It’s the deadliest day for law enforcement since the Dallas sniper in 2015. It’s all over the news? This will be a huge deal for police and police training going forward.
@ShatteredEclipse2187
15 күн бұрын
@@loongcat6500 Exactly. it’s rare for 4 cops to be INJURED here, let alone killed
@smeagscientist
15 күн бұрын
If the British broadcasting channel is reporting about it that means we're obviously talking about it
crazy country full of crazy guys
@Scrambler85
16 күн бұрын
6% of crazy criminals
@Aloh-od3ef
16 күн бұрын
It’s due to American being such a diverse country. The least diverse nations are the most harmonious. The most diverse are the most unstable. America, France, the UK are diverse nations but have unstable societies. Compared with non diverse nations like Japan or Poland. Which has very little social instability 😉
@telesniper2
16 күн бұрын
How's North Pakistan these days?
@bear1245
16 күн бұрын
@@Aloh-od3efyet all the poles want to leave their haven
@stuartwray6175
16 күн бұрын
@@Aloh-od3efI feel safer in the UK, thanks. Statistically Britain and France are safer places to live than the USA.
My condolences for those families! So, the suspect chose to turn his warrant into murder 🤔 😳 life sentences. How 😔
@MadSceintist
16 күн бұрын
He was killed. Another shooter, according to this report, is unknown and possibly on the lose. Or it was one of the women
This is only going to get more common as America declines further
@jkfdkjjd
16 күн бұрын
DOI
@DB1234th
16 күн бұрын
Crime is actually going down. Source =FBI
@Threemore650
16 күн бұрын
You’ll still have police. Defunding and DEI has been a disaster. We have dyslexic and dishonest morons in senior positions in the U.K. … apparently.
@bear1245
16 күн бұрын
💩 Hole
@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR
15 күн бұрын
AMERICA is DOOMED it's going backwards..
Thought more guns made it all safer?
@paul7TM
16 күн бұрын
Reply deleted but as I said whatever can be used for defence can be used to kill.
@mattfisk7695
16 күн бұрын
@@paul7TMhow about pepper spray there genius?
@grimekid666
16 күн бұрын
@@mattfisk7695 LOL
@grimekid666
16 күн бұрын
@@paul7TM take an actual look at your comment, it's basically saying you don't care who gets killed, as long as everyone can defend themselves with murder weapons. where i'm from, the only defense you need is your 2 fists. thats more than enough to protect yourself. no matter how much mental gymnastics you do to defend guns, the country WOULD be a million times better off if no one had them. but you'd rather feel cool with a gun i get it.
@S-North
16 күн бұрын
You thought right, one of the assailants was shot dead using a gun.
Just a senseless tragedy for the officers. families and community 💔
Damn, if only there was some way to help prevent this kind of thing!
@Gilberto90
16 күн бұрын
Damn if only criminals obeyed the law!
@user-op8fg3ny3j
16 күн бұрын
@@Gilberto90that’s why yo need to enforce it
@goldeneagle99
16 күн бұрын
@Gilberto90 and corrupt cops....
@sidhartharoy3765
16 күн бұрын
Stop legalizing guns...thats the solution. Why cant these American Idiots understand this simple thing
@timt5381
16 күн бұрын
@@Gilberto90damn if 50,000 gun deaths only happened literally anywhere else! Only in the backwards place where guns are protected with a law and people have fewer rights than corporations
A real sad story! RIP! My condolences to the 4 officers families!!!
This all gets conveniently forgotten about when those who say the USA police are too heavy handed and over cautious dealing with suspects.
If those in power are not subject to the Law, then a nation OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE does not recognize any authority.
@sixfigureskibum
16 күн бұрын
That's why djt is on trial. Sadly the most currupt scotis in history is working hard to create a God king mango Mussolini
@telesniper2
16 күн бұрын
@@sixfigureskibum Show me on the doll where "bad orange man" hurt you
@ShanghaiRooster
16 күн бұрын
The American public chose those candidates going right back to 2016. Nobody's fault but theirs.
@MadSceintist
16 күн бұрын
@@ShanghaiRooster Guess Bidens 50 years are overlooked?!?! And the rest of the politicians that have sold America and it's citizens to the highest bidder, but that's all Trump's doing!?!??? Stop being obtuse
@johnhull2582
16 күн бұрын
@@ShanghaiRooster Talk to me about Brexit XD
So who was the second shooter, and what happened to him / her?
@SUGAR_XYLER
13 күн бұрын
Rumors say friendly fire. The area was surrounded
@rael5469
10 күн бұрын
@@SUGAR_XYLER You took the words out of my mouth. It's a possibility.
Trying to arrest suspect for alleged illegal firearm. Surely the police would go in heavily armed themselves. Condolences to the victims families ❤
Ah sh!t , here we go again
@Rebellion594
15 күн бұрын
Wassup CJ!
@anonracer95
13 күн бұрын
@@Rebellion594😂😂😂
Cops acted on bad intel. Sloppy
@orlandofurioso-kw6wl
16 күн бұрын
👏....( Law Inforcement "team" at the beginning of the clip, doesn`t expires much trust/security!
@SubmitToGod-tv5iu
16 күн бұрын
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@delta_glider4362
16 күн бұрын
How that possible to sent "Marshal Task force to issue warrant for firearm possession by convicted felon" and be on a bad intel? Did they were expected danc party there instead of convicted felon with firearm that warrant states? 🤔
@ikafmedia2007
16 күн бұрын
☹️☹️☹️... With "QUALIFIED IMMUNITY," second thought of immense danger doesn't crop up, unfortunately.
Prayers and condolences to the families of the slain and wounded Marshals and Officers, and to the men and women of the USMS, and Charlotte PD.
Thought South Africa was the most violent country in the world according to your survey. It's clear that US battlefield between thugs and police every day. May the soul of police officer rest in peace.
@goldeneagle99
16 күн бұрын
4 officers
@o0GaSMaN0o
16 күн бұрын
Same people doing the crime. What's your point?
@ArtSmosh1274
16 күн бұрын
@@o0GaSMaN0o This guy
@orlandofurioso-kw6wl
16 күн бұрын
I though was S. Africa 🤔
@ndlondlo2021
11 күн бұрын
It's never violence when it's in America. Just "mental illness". It's so safe there, they even have police stations at schools, just for fun.
Respect to the one country on this planet where you can go years or a lifetime without seeing a gun. Land of my birth, Great Britain.
@Gilberto90
16 күн бұрын
Never been to London or an airport then I see.
@Frederick.J.Marshall
16 күн бұрын
@@Gilberto90I’ve lived in Britain for 40 years, London too and never seen a single one.
@Gilberto90
16 күн бұрын
@@Frederick.J.Marshall do you happen to be blind? I don’t even live in a major city and I’ve seen armed police locally…
@izharcohen4572
16 күн бұрын
But will see a sword, especially in hainault
@margaretjolly6375
15 күн бұрын
What is great about Britain now the land that's sinking with too many people
My sincere condolences to the offices and they Families and friends 🙏🦖
@niloyprodhan735
16 күн бұрын
😢😢😢
@ElonHusky
16 күн бұрын
"If they had they can defend themselves"
Let the story come out before making comments
@doithimaceabhard7457
16 күн бұрын
No
@loongcat6500
15 күн бұрын
@@doithimaceabhard7457why would anyone do that when they can spread misinformation online?
@doithimaceabhard7457
14 күн бұрын
@@loongcat6500 more about exploiting generalisations and stereotypes I would have thought
Four murderous cops killed? Where exactly is the tragedy?
Very sad This country is circling the drain Condolences
gosh... being a Police Officer in a G.un In.fested country is really terrifying... no wonder many of them are resigning
@user1qaz2wsx3edc
16 күн бұрын
Police who strangle and shoot people in wheelchairs????
@protectoroftherealm8108
16 күн бұрын
Why do so many of your cousins insist on moving over if it's so bad? Please stay in your own country, you'll be safer
@RickPatNB
14 күн бұрын
BS. It's not the guns that kill, It's the people. America has a culture problem, not a gun problem.
Please stop violence prayers for families
wow yikes . prayers .
Third world country with first world things
@protectoroftherealm8108
16 күн бұрын
That's diversity for you
@sugarsaint
16 күн бұрын
@@protectoroftherealm8108 Yep those European migrants get everywhere, America, Australia, Africa
@BLACKSTA361
16 күн бұрын
@@protectoroftherealm8108Diversity didnt cause this. Gun Laws did. This has been a problem for quite some time now
@protectoroftherealm8108
16 күн бұрын
@@BLACKSTA361 gun laws didn't cause this, criminals will get guns whether they're illegal or not. A low trust society and low social cohesion from diversity did in fact cause this.
@BLACKSTA361
16 күн бұрын
@@protectoroftherealm8108 Black's been in the US since literally Centuries. So that makes no sense
Every country should be following Americas lead. They have it all worked out
@kelsiewilliams8193
16 күн бұрын
Travel Advisory should be Advised.
@bear1245
16 күн бұрын
😂
@telesniper2
16 күн бұрын
Says the country that bans tableware and drinking glasses to keep everyone safe. Sounds like a kindergarden more than a real country.
@doithimaceabhard7457
16 күн бұрын
😂
@paulcarpenter7844
16 күн бұрын
No don't
rest in peace 🤲🤲🤲🤲🙏🙏🙏🙏, my deepest condolences to all the family and friends 🇲🇦🇺🇸💕💕💕💕
Horrific.
Charlotte, again...
I m from Nepal . I feel so lucky to live here despite financial problems
There’s nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose. He was not going back to jail. RIP to these officers but they couldn’t get the jump out boys to pick him up outside of a doughnut shop a week ago???? Have we learned anything from Waco and the countless others? These officers lives were taken for no reason, they knew the guy was dangerous, they knew he had an ILLEGAL FIREARM. Whoever ordered this raid needs to be investigated, this is gross negligence that took 4 innocent lives. RIP 🕊
That America!
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
15/50
7 shots in 31 seconds , very precise , and totally suspicious
Army Vet here 2 tours, and Current Deputy, This is an example of disobeying rule #1 SCENE SAFE. Never assume there is only 1 shooter. RIP to these men, but this could have been avoided.
Firearm under disability was all they could get a wareant for. But they knew and wanted this guy badly.. And the susoect(s) knew they were coming..
Here we go ...again.
It's very important to remember that the easy availability of high powered firearms has absolutely _nothing_ to do with this incident. 🤣
"I thought to myself, hold on, something ain't right".
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
Pov: No suspect description
@RickPatNB
14 күн бұрын
@@gtrdxz In other words, he's obviously black.
OMG...so sad 🙏🙏🙏
It’s so sad
The US calls this Monday.
So sad
Can't be helped...😢
The old sad saying "You live by the gun you die by the gun " the old west never went away ?
Please don't blame the guns. They are innocent.
Terrible day for the US.
The NRA will send T&P, so everything will be ok.
@BirbarianHomeGuard
16 күн бұрын
The man was a prohibited person and not permitted to have firearms. It was federally and locally illegal for him to even touch a firearm.
@flexapex9801
16 күн бұрын
Don’t stand on the grave of Americans to try to push in agenda that guns are at the problem
@catsandcrafts171
16 күн бұрын
@@BirbarianHomeGuard Well, in a country awash in firearms of all shapes and sizes, it's not surprising that not being allowed isn't really a deterrent, is it? Thank god I live in UK, where we never see guns unless we're a miniscule brand of criminals in a gang or something.
@infjA-advocate
16 күн бұрын
@@BirbarianHomeGuard Yeah, and he still somehow managed get his hands on them, his fault right? I wonder why it didn't stop the officers from dying though.
@I_like_bacon_well_done
16 күн бұрын
@@BirbarianHomeGuard Where is the evidence of this?
Just a normal day in America 😅😅😅😅, probably be safer in Kabul than in most American cities 😅😅😅😅.
Rotten society
Well that don't learn them.
Can anyone see a common denominator here👀
@SenorSol
16 күн бұрын
Wait until you get an NRA loony on here saying nonsense like....'guns don't kill people, people kill people', or....'the only thing that stops bad guys with guns are good guys with guns'. Yawn.
@jamroast
16 күн бұрын
Liberals! Damn you all!
I still don't know how it is even possible to have an illegal weapon in the US. Aren't they supposed to be for this sort of thing?
So let me get this straight, because a guy have a gun, in a country where people have guns, 4 officers were killed with a gun. Can anybody explain to me the rationalization behind guns is after seeing results like these happen so often?
@ellomate4543
16 күн бұрын
Because, red coat.
@paramotorhead6623
16 күн бұрын
Freedumb.
@sergiolima771
16 күн бұрын
Rationalize and guns, are two words that do not come in the same sentence in the US.
@Niedzwiedz1M
16 күн бұрын
The lapse of logic is incredible. Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Guns are only tools, can be used for defense or used to do harm.
@ellomate4543
16 күн бұрын
@@sergiolima771 Owning firearms is a test for those who have self control and those who do not. Those who do not end up where they need to be. It's no different from the stabbings in the UK. I'd rather get shot than stabbed with a butter knife.
😢😢😢😢😢 deplorable
There were 3 shots, then 7, then about 10, so we came outside. Like you do.
C how horrible ! Praying
Very sad!!
Stop😮
When will this stop ah?
America loves its guns no matter how many lives are lost, total insanity.
@BobTheWigger
8 күн бұрын
You can use that same argument for anything! “We need to ban cars, because so many lives are being lost, because of cars!
Question! Did they kill/catch the shooter? Maybe I'm missing something because it doesn't sound like they clarified it
Are they automatically referred to as hero’s because they’re supposedly officers of the law? Given the mass level of corruption amongst police officers all over America, chances are they certainly might not have been and their tyrannical behaviour could have even contributed to this. An unfortunate incident if not however.
Those four officers risked there lives for the citizens of that state. If you own your gun illegally and then acted this way, theres no doubt that they had intel the suspect to indicate that he had a high risk of eventually doing what he did there. R.I.P
saying guns kill people is like saying forks make people fat, lol
The Russian-supported NRA says nothing to see here...
@Atlantafied
16 күн бұрын
@ForbiddenPlanetB As part of her work as a foreign agent, Maria Butina worked to infiltrate the National Rifle Association on behalf of Russia. Torshin and Butina established a cooperative relationship between the NRA and Right to Bear Arms.
@Atlantafied
16 күн бұрын
Everyone should Google Russian operative Maria Butina and her work with the NRA.
@Atlantafied
16 күн бұрын
Everyone should Google Maria Butina...
@paul7TM
16 күн бұрын
@ForbiddenPlanetBThis is a "claim" that supposedly 23 Russians donated to to the NRA. And probably ten times as many Brits living there.
@paul7TM
16 күн бұрын
@ForbiddenPlanetBAgain...reply deleted. Some claim that 23 Russians donated to it. So of course they use it as factual.
A crazy country awash with guns.
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
its the 15/50s not the guns
@RickPatNB
14 күн бұрын
More like crazy culture. It has nothing to do with guns.
Americans band about the word 'hero' like normal people say 'milk & sugar'.
@buddyroe
13 күн бұрын
They like to think they're Batman. 😂😂
What a trading video ... For both sides ....what if .......
Terry Clark Hughes Jnr looks _exactly_ as you'd expect. Gondor cannot patrol Mordor.
@ShanghaiRooster
16 күн бұрын
...and most mass shooters are white. What exactly was your point?
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
15/50 community
@RickPatNB
14 күн бұрын
@@gtrdxz 15? More like 6 nowadays. Let's not pretend BW do this type of shit on a massive scale.
"Race and name not mentioned" So he wasn't white then.
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
You already know its the 15/50
@protectoroftherealm8108
15 күн бұрын
@@gtrdxz exactly
@anonracer95
13 күн бұрын
@@gtrdxzWhat do you mean by 15/50?
How many cars do they need there? No wonder some people can’t get help when they need it.
@disorganizedorg
16 күн бұрын
The poor guy whose lawn they drove over unfortunately has no avenue to sue.
That's the town of Saabkyle04. Too bad this is happening there.
This is a shocking incident, I hope the families of the fallen police officers find peace, comfort and that a lot of support given to them to help them in their time of need. On another note, I've read somewhere online that in the US, a large majority of households have seen more guns than fresh vegetables. Is this true? I want to get some answers on this.
Stats from multiple studies over the years have concluded that as guns per capita has increased in the US so has gun crime, so how exactly do they expect to be rid of this kind of thing if they think getting more guns will solve the issue? I don't think you really need to study anything to realise the logic is just a little flawed...
@andrewpruitt5424
16 күн бұрын
Police are the students who couldn’t graduate without special Ed. They are the too fat for military. If you have s3x with a min0r they recruit you to be a cop. They buy guns from the same people who s3ll war. This is America where between the $5trillion spent each year on military and police those two groups r@pe over 10,000 people per year and they are allowed to retire with full pension no jail time. This is America where the worst people are made billionaires. Epstein
Nothing new here in gunmerica
PTSD.
@gtrdxz
15 күн бұрын
⚫
glad i dont live in the greatest country ever... America
@telesniper2
16 күн бұрын
I'm glad you don't either
@philliphudson9092
16 күн бұрын
@@telesniper2 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@denisemortimer2751
16 күн бұрын
True,
@ryanbock6478
16 күн бұрын
lol and few years from now youll be begging us to save europe.... again. Don't judge us for refusing to give up rights. It's not our style, England best of all should know this
@harrybellingham98
16 күн бұрын
@@telesniper2 glad we agree, i just pray you do not have a passport
RIP to all the poor defenceless guns that will now spend the rest of their lives locked in cold, dark evidence rooms without the love and care these precious precious babies deserve 😞😢💔
⛔️ why always Media find the most stupid person in the area to ask about what happened !!!! I heard papapapapapa and I heard again papapapapa........what ! 😏
More concerned about the guy with the machete in England.
@James_Doyle83
16 күн бұрын
He's white saw a short of the guy hands and his hands are white
@mandyy2000
16 күн бұрын
@James_Doyle83 He never implied anything about the guy's identity, relax.
America's precious 2nd Amendment working again!! LOL.
At least no London burning.
And Trump will stand up and support the National Gun CLub.
@protectoroftherealm8108
16 күн бұрын
Anyone with a brain would. You should rely on yourself for security, not a government that doesn't value you
@RickPatNB
14 күн бұрын
Off course he does. America has a culture problem, not a gun problem.
Free availability of guns are the root cause of such frequent acts, but it’s a normal thing in us..
@telesniper2
16 күн бұрын
Rent free!
Your thumbnail shows a black officer but the ones murdered were all much WHITER than the USUAL suspect. Are you going to say the guns committed these disgusting crimes like usual ?
They didn't send in the social workers.
@jamroast
16 күн бұрын
Police are the social workers now.
Poor USA🤦♂️
So who do you guys think will win the premier league and NBA finals?
Friendly Fire! And thanks to the BBC for making Doctor Black & Gay. That's just what the British People wanted. Or was it?
I ain't going to no jail
Everyone going "Yeah, yeah typical America" without knowing the context. Europe can't even begin to understand what we're dealing with on a daily basis. Actually I suppose it is typical America, just not the way you think.
@ShanghaiRooster
16 күн бұрын
Sadly your founding fathers dug this particular hole for you way back in the 1790s when they passed the second amendment. Gun crazies in the States still justify it on the spurious basis that their democratically elected government would be a tyrannical regime if it weren't for all the guns. Barking is the only word for it.
The Purge the Movie? 🍿