President Joe Biden is set to travel to North Carolina on Thursday to meet with the families of four officers who were tragically killed earlier this week in the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016. The president will visit Wilmington and add a stop in Charlotte to meet with local officials and the families of the officers who lost their lives while serving a warrant.
The officers were part of a task force attempting to apprehend 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr. on warrants for possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and fleeing to elude in Lincoln County, North Carolina. Tragically, Hughes was also killed in the incident. Four other officers were wounded in the shootout, and various weapons were recovered at the scene.
