WASHINGTON — After a shooting in Charlotte killed four law enforcement officers and injured four of their colleagues, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass tougher gun regulations.

“We must do more to protect our law enforcement officers,” Biden said in a statement that came late Monday night."

He first called for more funding directed to law enforcement. Then, he narrowed his focus in on guns.

“Leaders in Congress need to step up so that we ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, require safe storage of guns, and pass universal background checks and a national red flag law,” Biden said. “Enough is enough.”

An AR-15 and an .40 caliber handgun were both found after the shooting, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Chief Johnny Jennings, during a news conference Tuesday.

The shooting took place around 1:30 p.m. Monday when the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force attempted to serve warrants at a house on Galway Drive.

A U.S. marshal, two officers from the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections and a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer were killed. Four others sustained injuries while responding to the shooting.

Law enforcement and the suspect exchanged fire and 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes Jr. was shot. He later died.

Twelve officers are now on leave following the shooting after firing their service weapons, which is standard protocol.

Hughes was wanted for possession of a firearm by a felon and felony flee to elude, two counts, out of Lincoln County, CMPD said.

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