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Funeral service held at Bojangles Coliseum for deputy U.S. marshal killed in east Charlotte shootout
A funeral service was held Monday for Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks jr. at Bojangles Coliseum. Weeks was one of four officers of four law enforcement officers fatally wounded in a shootout in east Charlotte last week.
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