Biden visits Charlotte to honor fallen law enforcement officers

Context: The U.S. Marshals task force was serving a warrant on a man named Terry Clark Hughes Jr. in the Shannon Park neighborhood for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of a felony to elude out of Lincoln County.

• Hughes shot at the officers, who shot back and killed him.
• Three of the officers killed were with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force: Sam Poloche, Alden Elliott and Deputy Marshal Thomas Weeks.
• Joshua Eyer, a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer, died Monday night from gunshot wounds, according to CMPD.

Zoom in: Biden added a stop in Charlotte ahead of an already planned trip to Wilmington, N.C., where he will give remarks on infrastructure and the environment.

• Air Force One landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport around 1:15pm Thursday. Biden greeted Gov. Roy Cooper, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Johnny Jennings.

• From there, Biden and Cooper went to pay respects to the families of the law enforcement officers killed and wounded earlier this week.

What's next: A memorial service for Eyer is scheduled for Friday, May 3, at 10am at First Baptist Church at 301 S. Davidson St.

Editor's note: This is a developing story and we'll update it as we learn more.