The last two autopsies of the police officers killed in the East Charlotte shooting in April released

CHARLOTTE, NC (NEWS FROM QUEEN CITY) — The final two autopsies of the four police officers killed on April 29 were released Wednesday.^th on Galway Drive in east Charlotte appear to show that the shooter fired at the police officers from an oblique height.

The autopsies of Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks Jr. and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Joshua Eyer were released nearly two months after the shooting in the Shannon Park neighborhood.

29.April^th was one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in the country.

“We have determined that there was only one shooter who fired at officers,” CMPD Deputy Chief Tonya Arrington said at a press conference on May 31.^st“No officer was shot or fired upon by other officers.”

Weeks Jr.’s autopsy revealed that he was killed by a bullet that struck his upper chest and then traveled downward, severing his lung and exiting his body.

According to Eyer’s autopsy, the bullet that killed him struck him in the back of his chest and penetrated his stomach.

The autopsies of investigators William “Alden” Elliott and Samuel Poloche were released on May 14.

The U.S. Marshals task force was there that day to arrest felon Terry Hughes Jr.

Investigators said Hughes Jr. fired an AR-15 rifle at officers from second-story windows at the front and back of the home for over 17 minutes.

“We need more. Four officers are down, four officers,” an officer said over the radio.

The officers took cover and returned fire.

According to police, other officers were shot by Hughes Jr. as they tried to rescue the fallen.

According to investigators, after 17 minutes, Hughes Jr. jumped from a second-story window into the front yard, where he died, but the shooting continued.

“The guy in the front yard is down, but someone is still shooting,” an officer said over the radio.

Police attribute this to the fact that an officer noticed movement in the second-floor window and the officers decided, for tactical reasons, to fire upwards rather than at each other in what they called a “barrage” for two minutes.

“These were intentional upward shots at the two windows from which they were fired upon,” Arrington said on May 31.

CMPD has body-worn camera video from April 29^thThe US Marshals Task Force, however, does not.

Sheriff’s deputies in other parts of the country already have such cameras.

Queen City News checked Wednesday and learned that the rollout in the Carolinas is expected to begin in the next few weeks.