Prayer vigil after east Charlotte, NC tragic shooting [Video]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As east Charlotte continues to reckon with Monday’s deadly shooting along Galway Avenue, three community groups are offering a chance for neighbors to join together with a prayer vigil.

The vigil comes on the heels of the deadly shootout between law enforcement officers and a man they were trying to arrest. Four officers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with the suspect and four others were wounded. The suspect, who was being served a warrant for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, was also killed.

Monday’s tragedy happened just more than 17 years after two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers died in the line of duty. The March 31, 2007 shooting claimed the lives of officers Jeff Shelton and Sean Clark while they tried to respond to a domestic disturbance at an apartment complex. That complex was located about a mile from where Monday’s shooting unfolded.

Neighbors …