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President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with the households of 4 legislation enforcement officers who had been killed in a capturing in Charlotte, North Carolina, earlier this week, the White Home introduced.

The 4 officers, together with one deputy US marshal, had been killed Monday whereas making an attempt to serve a warrant for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The officers had been met with gunfire from a “high-powered rifle” and returned hearth, fatally capturing the suspect, in accordance with the native police chief.

Following the killing, Biden spoke with Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper and issued an announcement mourning the 4 officers – whom he known as “heroes” – whereas making the case for extra funding for police departments and a ban on assault weapons.

“We should do extra to guard our legislation enforcement officers,” Biden stated within the assertion Monday. “Meaning funding them – in order that they have the assets they should do their jobs and maintain us protected. And it means taking further motion to fight the scourge of gun violence. Now.”

Biden additionally known as on Congress to take motion, including, “Sufficient is sufficient.”

“Leaders in Congress have to step up in order that we ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require protected storage of weapons, and go common background checks and a nationwide crimson flag legislation,” the president stated.

As of Tuesday, 136 officers have been shot within the line of responsibility this yr, in accordance with the Fraternal Order of Police, a company representing US legislation enforcement officers. Twenty of these officers died.

Whereas in Charlotte, the president can even meet with officers wounded within the capturing. Biden will then journey to Wilmington, North Carolina, for an occasion the place he’s anticipated to debate infrastructure and jobs whereas touting his legislative wins.

CNN’s Devon M. Sayers, Shawn Nottingham and Emma Tucker contributed to this report.