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The foundation was established in 2004 by local business and civic leaders to support the police department and promote public safety in Charlotte, according to Muller. Condolences for the officers involved in one of the deadliest recent attacks on law enforcement poured out from small communities to the White House. When Lyles got in a car to go home around midnight the day of the shooting, she said she was "shocked" that President Joe Biden called her.
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"Probably the most difficult, all of them are difficult," Jennings said at Tuesday's press conference, fighting back tears. "You know the last few days, it's just been very tough. And knowing that you, you have families that are hurting right now." Police also clarified the role of two women found in the house where the shooting happened.
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Grace, decked out with long, curly hair and a tailored suit, rode in a specially built luxury Packard sedan after the mass baptism of Black and white converts. Shortly after, Madison pledged to fulfill everything that was on Bishop McCollough's agenda. Under his administration, over 123 Houses of Prayer received major renovation or were constructed.
Memorials for fallen officers growing
Marshals task force raced into his yard, taking cover behind a powder-blue Honda sedan. As of Tuesday afternoon, the fund has raised over $13,000, Bradford Muller, a spokesperson for the foundation, told USA TODAY. U.S. Marshals Deputy Thomas M. Weeks Jr., 48, of Mooresville, North Carolina, was killed in the shooting, the agency said in a statement.
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“Yesterday … four officers, fathers, brothers and sons demonstrated the best of human courage, and conviction, and selflessness so great that they were willing to give their lives to protect their community and their families,” Adams said from the pulpit. "What you see behind me, the support. For all of these very important people to come in and and stand beside me and our department and our city and that just means so much. And that's what keeps us going. And that's what that's what it's all about. That's what Charlotte is all about." Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, who spoke through tears at Monday's press conference, and she described how hospital workers stood at attention as Eyer's body was escorted out Monday night.
His family reported that as Jesus did in His day, Bishop Grace, as a young boy would teach the word of God in communal areas. In the nineteenth century, in the tradition of the Biblical Abraham, Bishop Grace became a Father of Faith. And like unto Abraham, in Jesus' Name, through faith in His Name, he left out of his country, and from his kindred and from his father's house "... [U]nto a land that I [the Lord] will shew thee." (Genesis, Chapter 12, verse 1).
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"They are heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice, rushing into harm’s way to protect us," President Biden said in part in a statement released Monday after the shooting. "We mourn for them and their loved ones. And we pray for the recoveries of the courageous officers who were wounded." "These officers died as heroes and made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to our state. We remember them, we honor their service, we send our deepest condolences to their families and friends, and we pray for healing for all affected by this tragic incident," Ishee said.
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Samuel C. Madison became the third bishop of the United House of Prayer after the death of Walter McCollough in 1991. Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, Madison joined the church as a child and became a pastor in approximately 1940. Over the years he served in churches in the Carolinas, Virginia, and Philadelphia, ultimately being appointed to the M Street Church in Washington, D.C. As a religious leader, Grace was known as the peoples’ “Daddy.” He was a father-figure, and the title “Sweet Daddy” was a sign of adoration and respect.
Police backed away from their assertion Tuesday that there had been two shooters. On Monday, Jennings had said a second shooter opened fire when officers approached the suspect's body. But on Tuesday, he said that, while police aren't dismissing the possibility of a second shooter, they're not seeking any other suspects. Jennings said they're trying to sort through chaotic bodycam footage and other evidence to figure out who shot, where, and when. Jennings also said he had made some "pretty forward remarks" on Monday about a second shooter, and that one reason police thought there was a second shooter was that they had been fired at from both the front and back of the house. "Today's an absolutely tragic day for the city of Charlotte and for the profession of law enforcement," Jennings said during the news briefing.
Marshals Fugitive Task Force and four from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department – were shot in the incident. Of the officers who were killed, three were from the task force and the other was from the police department. Lyles thanked the law enforcement officers who stood outside the hospital in the aftermath of the shooting, the medical professionals who helped the injured, and the clergy that "guided the families through the kinds of turmoil and disbelief that all was taking place at the same time."
According to the House of Prayer creed, water baptism is a ritual of purification from sin, rather than a one-time rite that designates a person as a member of the Christian church. Since the 1930s, the House of Prayer has been known for its occasional practice of fire hose baptisms, in which the bishop would baptize attendees in one fell swoop beneath the gushing stream of a fire hose, rather than individually in a pool. The spray, adjusted to a relatively light setting, was directed upwards into the air, thus baptism occurred as the water fell down from the sky upon the faithful. Because these took place on city streets, fire hose baptisms were public events often attended by spectators. Outsiders sometimes found it distasteful and in several instances ministers from other faiths considered it so offensive that they tried to stop the event. The spectacle of fire hose baptisms made them a regular source of publicity for the church in the Daddy Grace years, but under the second bishop they were largely phased out and today occur only irregularly.
Police later confirmed Eyer, who was just recently named officer of the month for April, had died. "Officer Joshua Eyer has passed away tonight from his injuries after being shot in the line of duty this afternoon while assisting other officers with the apprehension of a suspect," a post shared on Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) read. Nearly 100 officers were shot, including 10 who were killed, in the first three months of 2024, according to a March update from The National Fraternal Order of Police. "They do what they gotta do to get the officer who was shot," he said, looking at the twisted fencing and deep ruts left by the vehicle, which officers later used to rip the front of the house open so they could send a drone in. Chhoeun said he watched as one officer and then another was hit by gunfire 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 officers.
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