Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas M. Weeks Jr., 48, was killed on April 29, 2024, during a law enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Weeks, a 13-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service who joined in 2011 after eight years with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was part of a team attempting to serve a felony arrest warrant on 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr. at a residence in the 5500 block of Galway Drive.

As officers approached, Hughes opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle, touching off a gunbattle that lasted more than 17 minutes. Deputy Marshal Weeks and three other officers — Investigator William Alden Elliott, Investigator Sam Poloche, and Police Officer Joshua Eyer — were killed in the exchange; four additional officers were wounded. Hughes, the lone shooter, was also killed. Investigators later confirmed he acted alone and that no friendly fire caused the officers’ deaths.

Weeks is survived by his wife and four children. A memorial service was held May 6, 2024, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte; Attorney General Merrick Garland and other dignitaries attended. If anyone has information about the incident or knew Deputy Marshal Weeks, please share what you know.