CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multiple law enforcement officers were shot Monday in east Charlotte, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department said.

CMPD says people should stay clear of the 5000 block of Galway Drive, where there is an active investigation.

The department said the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, made up of multiple agencies, was attempting to serve a warrant in the area when it engaged in gunfire with a subject.

Multiple officers were struck and are being transported to the hospital. Charlotte Observer news partner WSOC-TV reported that a US marshal was killed.

CMPD spokesperson Michael Allinger said that there was active gunfire in the area.

“All of a sudden it sounded like Vietnam out there,” said Larry Mackey, who lives in the neighborhood and who said he saw the firefight.

When an Observer reporter called him around 3:45 p.m., Mackey estimated that there must be 30 or 40 police cars at the scene.

Whoever was in the house was still there, he said.

“There was a litany of gunfire, just an enormous amount,” said a neighbor, who heard pops from inside her shower. She bought a home three lots down from the scene, which was still active as of 4 p.m. Monday, and requested to remain anonymous, citing safety concerns.

The home had police cars in front of it twice since she moved in in October, she said. Now, it was surrounded by at least 150 officers and snipers perched on neighbors’ homes. A negotiation tent popped up around 3 p.m. — after officers “dragged” one of the shot officers into an ambulance, she said.

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