NEWSLEADER.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024 7A Upgrade your bathroom, upgrade your life. With a new walk-in shower, you can make sure your bathroom ages as gracefully as you do. This shower was designed by experts, with you in mind, focusing on safety and convenience when it matters most. Discover how a walk-in shower can help reduce the risk of falling, giving you the freedom to enjoy your bathroom again. Commercial Grade Non-Slip Floor Optional Barrier Free Wheelchair Accessible Luxurious 8" Rainfall Shower Head Professionally Installed in 1 day Easy-to-reach Shower Wand Fold Down Safety Seat Ergo Shaped Grab Bar Lifetime Warranty Call today and receive exclusive savings of up to FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Call Toll-Free 540-457-8554 With purchase of a new Safe Step Walk-In Shower.
Not applicable with any previous walk-in shower purchase. No cash value. Must present offer at time of purchase. Enjoy the ease of Showering Safely So you can stay in the home you love! Call Now Toll-Free for more information and ask about our Senior Discounts Introducing the ALL NEW Walk-In Shower! FINANCING AVAILABLE WITH APPROVED CREDIT CSLB 983603 F13000002885 13HV08744300 www.WhySafeStep.com 540-457-8554 1,000 OFF dead at a hospital. loved their work, and were passionate about their roles in protect- ing our the statement said, adding: died as he- roes and made the ultimate in their service to our The Marshals Service said the third task force member killed was U.S.
Mar- shals Deputy Thomas M. Weeks 48, of Mooresville, North Carolina. Weeks, a husband and the father of four children, was a 13-year veteran of the Marshals Service, the agency said in a statement. After hours in the hospital, Joshua Eyer, a six-year veteran of the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department, died from his injuries. Eyer was married and had a 3-year-old son.
fought for several hours and passed away from his injuries with his wife and family by his side Johnny Jennings, chief of the Charlotte- Mecklenburg Police Department, wrote on X. Neighbor recalls shootout, massive police response Saing Chhoeun, 54, was just leaving his house shortly after 1 p.m. when members of the marshals task force Four law enforcement were killed and four others were injured on Monday when erupted at a house in Charlotte, North Carolina, where authorities arrived to serve a warrant. The suspect who at was fatally shot on the lawn of the house, while two other people inside the home were taken in for questioning; at least one of them is believed to have shot at law enforcement. In the hours since, condolences for the involved in one of the deadliest recent attacks on law enforcement stretched from the lo- cal community to the White House.
are heroes who made the ulti- mate rushing into way to protect President Joe Biden said in a statement Tuesday. mourn for them and their loved ones. And we pray for the recoveries of the courageous cers who were Biden said he and lady Jill Biden will be praying for the families and the recovering The president also spoke with Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles to express his condolences and support for the community. Biden added more needs to be done to protect law enforcement: means funding them so they have the resources they need to do their jobs and keep us safe. And it means taking addi- tional action to combat the scourge of gun Around 1:30 p.m.
Monday, with the U.S. Marshals Task Force ar- rived at a home in a suburb of Charlotte to serve several active warrants against 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes who was wanted for possession of a by a convicted felon and two counts of to elude, according to the Char- lotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Armed with a Hughes upon the approaching task force striking several of them, police said. returned and fa- tally shot the man, who was pro- nounced dead on the front lawn. From inside the house, another shooter began After an hourslong authori- ties sieged the home with armored vehi- cles and located at least one assault ri- Two women were brought in for questioning after they left the house, the police department said in a state- ment.
Johnny Jennings, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Depart- ment, earlier said a 17-year-old male and a woman were being questioned. 8 officers shot, 4 killed Eight four from the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and four from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department were shot in the incident. Of the who were killed, three were from the task force and the other was from the police department. Two of the slain task force members, Sam Poloche and Alden Elliott, were employed by the the Department of Adult Correction for 14 years, a state- ment from the department said.
Po- loche is survived by his wife and two children, according to the correc- tion department. Elliot was married and had one child. Both were pronounced raced into his yard, taking cover behind a powder-blue Honda sedan. As began blasting through the yard of the two-story home next door, Chhoeun began live-streaming to Facebook from his iPhone. Chhoeun said he watched as one and then another was hit by from the rear of the brick home, and heard the frantic calls for assistance.
He said two women ran outside the house, as did another man, and authorities crashed an armored vehicle through his backyard to reach the two downed cers. do what they gotta do to get the who was he said, looking at the twisted fencing and deep ruts left by the vehicle, which later used to rip the front of the house open so they could send a drone in. seen a lot of movies and knew what was Suspect had long criminal history, records show Hughes had served time in prison fol- lowing multiple felony convictions, in- cluding for breaking and entering, ing police in a high-speed chase and possession of a state records show. In 2010, he served six months in pris- on after he was convicted on a felony breaking and entering charge related to an incident that occurred the year be- fore, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. In June 2012, he was arrested on charges of speeding to elude arrest.
At the time, he was the subject of several active warrants. Hughes was convicted of and possession of a by a felon in Oc- tober 2012. In September 2013, he was released from prison, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. In May 2021, he was arrested on sev- eral charges, including possession of marijuana paraphernalia and eluding arrest in a motor vehicle, according to the Mecklenburg County Of- He was released the same day. Contributing: Jonathan Limehouse, Thao Nguyen and Michael Loria, USA TODAY 4 killed, 4 hurt in NC shooting Christopher Cann and Trevor Hughes USA TODAY William Elliott, left, Samuel Poloche and Joshua Eyer were killed Monday while attempting to serve a warrant in Charlotte, N.C., authorities said.
Thomas M. Weeks not pictured, also was killed, a statement from the U.S. Marshals Service said. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE NC DEPARTMENT OF ADULT CORRECTION AND THE CHARLOTTE- MECKLENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT Biden says more should be done to protect police CANTON, Ohio Newly released body camera footage shows the arrest of an Ohio man who died during a con- frontation with police, which an attor- ney representing his family said resem- bled the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Frank Tyson, 53, died April 18 during an encounter with police after he crashed his car and entered a nearby club.
Both Tyson and Floyd said, before their deaths. death of George Floyd trauma- tized and galvanized the American people it led to a decisive call for change and an end to systemic police violence against Black Bobby Di- Cello, an attorney for the Tyson family, said in a statement released Friday. an unimaginable tragedy, that only four years later history repeats it- self. Why tackle him? Why kneel on him? How could you know he lost con- sciousness and then do nothing? These questions demand answers. And so, we will get those answers for Frank and the whole Tyson family in this time of pain, grief, and DiCello said.
Authorities said Tyson crashed his car, then entered a private club and was acting erratically. Two police tried to remove Tyson from the club and took him to the during an en- suing Tyson, who told people at the club that someone was trying to kill him before arrived, yelled, trying to kill as fought with him. Police body camera footage released Wednesday by the city shows Tyson ly- ing facedown on the with his arms behind his back for nearly eight minutes before an realized he feel a pulse. took the and applied chest compressions for several minutes. Tyson was subsequently treated by Canton Fire Department paramedics, who took him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Canton police have turned the inves- tigation of death over to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. Beau Schoenegge and Camden Burch have been placed on administra- tive leave. The Stark County sent body to the Cuyahoga County Medical for an autopsy. The cause of death has not been released. Kalfani N.
Ture, a former police cer and assistant professor of criminal justice and African American studies at Widener University in Chester, Penn- sylvania, said should not have left Tyson lying facedown on the for so long after they his arms behind his back. Ture said that creates the potential for Tyson to cate due to the position of his body, a condition known as positional asphyx- iation. The Department of Justice advised law enforcement about positional as- phyxia in a June 1995 fact sheet. The federal agency advised to move the subject from their stomach as soon as they are and mon- itor them carefully, according to the ad- visory. Contributing: Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY Attorney: Ohio death draws parallels to Floyd Nancy Molnar USA TODAY A screen capture from a camera worn by a Canton, Ohio, police officer shows Frank Tyson before he struggled with police on April 18.
Tyson, who had crashed his vehicle before entering a local establishment, died following the confrontation. PROVIDED BY CANTON POLICE DEPARTMENT.
