Investigator killed in North Carolina shootout to be laid to rest
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TND) — A memorial service for one of the four law enforcement officers who were killed while trying to serve a warrant in North Carolina is set for Thursday.
William "Alden" Elliott was fatally shot April 29. Elliot was assigned to the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force and was a 14-year veteran of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. He previously served the nation as a U.S. Marine.
Elliott's 12-year-old son, Theo, wrote an emotional poem to honor him. The poem was published as part of Elliott's obituary.
My daddy is a hero.
He died getting the bad guys, that’s what he was good at.
He is a Marine.
He is a Police Officer.
He is kind and patient.
He keeps my mom and I safe.
He is my daddy; the best daddy.
We love playing video games together. He really likes Mario, Zelda, and Metroid Return of Samus.
We collect Pokemon cards. I have a Charizard that he helped me get graded.
He and I have watched every Star Wars movie and series.
My daddy loves playing and watching baseball. His favorite team is the Dodgers.
He is an expert marksman, perfect score every time.
For my 12th birthday he bought me a dirt bike. He bought himself one too, so that we could ride together.
I will learn how to ride it and we will ride together one day, Daddy.
He was the best man I will ever know.
And I hope to be just like him.
The service will be held the Tarlton Complex on the campus of Catawba Valley Community College, according to the obit.
Elliott, along with Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks Jr., N.C. Department of Corrections Task Force Officer Sam Poloche, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer, were gunned down during the attempted arrest.
The suspect, who was shot and killed at the scene, was identified as 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr. He was wanted for possession of a firearm by a felon and two counts of a felony flee to elude out of Lincoln County.
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