CHARLOTTE — One year after Charlotte was rocked by a deadly ambush that left four police officers dead, Channel 9 is speaking to the officers’ wives about what they’ve endured over the last year and how they’ve found strength in each other.
On April 29, 2024, Deputy U.S. Marshal Tommy Weeks, task force officers Sam Poloche and Alden Elliot, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Joshua Eyer were killed while working to serve a warrant at a home on Galway Drive. It was the deadliest police shooting in Charlotte’s history.
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- ‘I was trapped too’: Neighbor captures video of shots fired during standoff in east Charlotte
- ‘Astronomical’: Investigators to watch many hours of footage from east Charlotte ambush
- 9 Investigates: East Charlotte Shooting Timeline
- CMPD: ‘No friendly fire’ or ‘sympathetic gunfire’ during deadly police shootout
- ‘Still healing’: Colleagues speak with Channel 9 to remember officers killed in ambush
Channel 9’s Hannah Goetz had the opportunity to sit down with the wives of two of the officers: Kelly Weeks and Cielo Poloche.
“I think it was shortly after the funerals we had a group chat between the four of us, and that’s exactly what we used it for, just ‘Hey, how are you,’ like ‘Are you going through this?’” Cielo Poloche told Goetz.
“We’re all very different, and I think we all have a different perspective. So when something comes up, it’s nice to have someone else who, like you, see it one way, and then they can say, ‘Well wait a minute, I see this,’ Kelly Weeks said. ”And so maybe we help each other see through some things."
>> In the videos on this webpage, the conversation is full of surprises -- there’s still sadness, but also hope for the future.
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