2 Charlotte Officers Killed in Shooting
Police searched Sunday for suspects in the slaying of two city police officers who were slain after answering a disturbance call at an apartment complex.
Posted — UpdatedPolice say the killings happened at the Timber Ridge apartment complex at Barrington Drive and Milton Road on the city's east side. The officers had been sent there about 10:30 p.m. to invstigate a disturbance.
They were shot while struggling with a suspect in the parking lot, according to a news release from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Both officers were taken to Carolinas Medical Center where they later died.
The officers were identified as Sean Clark, 34, and Jeffrey Shelton, 35. Clark has been on the force for one year, Shelton for five years, the department said.
Patrol officers and the police department's special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team poured into the area after the shooting.
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