Three of the officers have been identified. The name of the other officer has not been released at this time.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four law enforcement officers were killed in an east Charlotte shooting on Monday, three of them with a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and one with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
CMPD chief Johnny Jennings confirmed that Joshua Eyer was the Charlotte police officer killed on Monday. The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) confirmed that Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott were two of the officers with the U.S. Marshals task force who were killed. The other officer killed was with the U.S. Marshals and has not been named.
A total of eight officers were shot on Galway Drive on Monday while officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant. A shooting suspect was killed at the scene and police were questioning two other people. The dead suspect has been identified as Terry Clark Hughes, Jr., 39. He was wanted for possession of a firearm by a felon in Lincoln County.
Joshua Eyer
Eyer worked with CMPD’s North Tryon Division for six years. He graduated from CMPD’s 178th Recruit Class in April 2018.
Eyer won a CMPD Officer of the Month Award in mid-April for his work with the department.
“We will always be indebted to Officer Eyer for his bravery and his sacrifice to this profession,” Jennings said.
Eyer was the son-in-law of a chairperson of the Cabarrus Women’s Center, according to the StoneBridge Community Church.
Eyer is survived by his wife Ashley and a three-year-old son.
We encourage anyone who knew Officer Eyer to provide us with more information on who he was and what he did for the community.
Sam Poloche
Poloche was a 14-year veteran with the NCDAC. He joined the NCDAC Special Operations and Intelligence Unit in 2013. Both Poloche and Elliott were full-time members of the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Poloche is survived by his wife and two children.
We encourage anyone who knew Officer Poloche to provide us with more information on who he was and what he did for the community.
Alden Elliott
Elliott was a 14-year veteran with the NCDAC. He joined the NCDAC Special Operations and Intelligence Unit in 2016 after serving as a parole officer.
Elliott is survived by his wife and one child.
“These officers died as heroes and made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to our state,” Todd Ishee, NC Secretary of Adult Correction, said in a release. “We remember them, we honor their service, we send our deepest condolences to their families and friends, and we pray for healing for all affected by this tragic incident.”
We encourage anyone who knew Officer Elliott to provide us with more information on who he was and what he did for the community.
The remaining officer who died has not been named. The four other officers who were injured in the shooting on Monday were not named.
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