Charlotte shootout: 4 slain officers serving warrant had 'great disadvantage,' expert says

A Charlotte, North Carolina, shootout that left four officers dead Monday after they arrived to serve a warrant was 'highly unusual,' according to a former U.S. Marshal task force member.

"It's very unusual," Terry Mikels, a former Durham-based U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) task force officer and a personal protection specialist with Executive Security Concepts, told Fox News Digital. "I can't remember the last time in a 35-year career of law enforcement … [that] I've seen eight officers go down in one incident." "[T]hese were brave men that came out here to do a job to protect this neighborhood and these citizens." "We must do more to protect our law enforcement officers." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.

Observing the scene of the shootout on Thursday, Mikels noted the suspect "who attacked these law enforcement officers had a higher ground," shooting upon officers from the second floor of the house, from both the front and back sides.