President Joe Biden is expected to meet with the families on Thursday law enforcement officers Those killed Monday in North Carolina, according to a source familiar with the planning.
Four officers He was shot and killed in the line of duty Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, while attempting to carry out an order. In total, eight law enforcement officers were shot dead.
The White House declined to comment on the president’s plans.
Asked about the Charlotte visit at a press briefing Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she had no details to share.
He added that the officers were “heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice”.
Biden released statement On Monday, we “mourn” the officers, “mourn” the fallen officers, and “pray for the healing” of the wounded.
“It’s like losing a piece of your soul,” Biden said of family members receiving the news.
There is Biden before he used the phrase “losing a piece of his soul” and suffered his own grief while discussing the tragedies of others. The first wife and infant daughter of the President a 1972 car accidentand his grown son Beau Biden He died in 2015 after a battle with brain cancer.
The president was expected to visit Wilmington, North Carolina on Thursday to unveil his economic agenda and infrastructure projects. This will be Biden’s third visit to the war zone this year.
Former President Donald Trump cancelled rally scheduled in Wilmington last month due to weather conditions.
The Officers of North Carolina Sam Poloche, 42, was killed in the shooting; William “Alden” Elliott, 46; Deputy US Marshal Thomas M. Weeks Jr.; and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer, authorities said.
Suspect killed in shootout according to authorities, he used a high-powered rifle.