Kelly Weeks, the wife of fallen U.S. Deputy Marshal Thomas Weeks, speaks during her husband's funeral, one week after he was killed in the line of duty.
The 13-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service was one of four men killed while serving arrest warrants at a home in east Charlotte on April 29. Five other officers were hurt during the incident, including three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers. The suspect, a convicted felon with a long criminal history across North Carolina, was killed during the standoff.
Weeks, 48, lived in Mooresville. He was part of the Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force. He spent the last 10 years of his career in Charlotte. Before joining the U.S. Marshals Service, he spent eight years with Customs and Border Protection.
"I don't think words that describe the amount of pain that the Marshals Service and all of its members, the court family, law enforcement in general, this community and communities around the country are feeling," U.S. Marshals Service Director Ronald Davis said.
He is survived by his wife and four children. Weeks' body was escorted to Mooresville last week. Large crowds gathered along the route to pay their respects to a fallen hero.
"I get very emotional when something like this happens," one man said. "I cried my eyes out like a baby. It's a sad thing. They have the toughest job in the world. They go to work and never know if they're going to come home."
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5 май 2024
