PICTURED: Three of the four cops killed in bloody standoff with gunman - as dramatic video shows the moment SWAT rams the suspect's North Carolina house with a huge TANK and launch raid

Three of the four officers that were killed in a shooting at a North Carolina home have been identified. 

Samuel 'Sam' Polche, William 'Alden' Elliot and Charlotte police officer Joshua Eyer died Monday following the horror shooting as they tried to serve warrant. Both Polche and Elliot were North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections officers working with the US Marshal's office. 

The US Marshal killed in the attack has not been named.  

The officers were serving warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm at the home, police said. The officers were first shot at by the wanted suspect as they approached the suburban home. The cops shot dead the felon in the front yard, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said.

A second person then fired on officers from inside the home where a high-powered rifle was found, Jennings said. A woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home after a three-hour standoff that included armored vehicles crashing into the suburban home in a tree-lined neighborhood and tearing off doorways and windows.

Several cops were injured trying to help rescue their fallen officers when they were wounded.  

'Today is an absolute tragic day for the city of Charlotte and for the profession of law enforcement,' Jennings said, according to WRAL. 'Today we lost some heroes that are out to just simply try to keep our community safe.'

Charlotte police officer Joshua Eyer also died Monday night. He was one of four officers killed 

Officer Samuel 'Sam' Polche (left) and Officer William 'Alden' Elliot (right) died on Monday night in a shooting at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina. They both worked for the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections

Four officers were killed after a US Marshals Task Force serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm was fired at 

The officers were first shot at by the wanted suspect as they approached the suburban home in Charlotte and they killed him in the front yard 

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings speaks at a press conference

One other member of the task force, which is made up of federal agents and other officers from across the region, was injured. 

Neighbors said gunfire continued for several minutes after the shooting erupted.

WSOC-TV showed from a helicopter the incredible scene that showed an armored vehicle driving through yards and knocked over recycling bins before officers removed a person with blood on their shirt who was then loaded into an ambulance.

After the home was cleared, the station's helicopter pilot said he couldn't show the front lawn of the home because the scene was too disturbing.

Several armored vehicles were on nearby lawns and driveways of the older suburban neighborhood of a tree-lined street with brick homes. 

A shattered window, blinds torn, was in a street and a entire doorway was leaning against of one of the vehicles.

Many roads in the area, including Interstate 77, were closed so ambulances could get to hospitals faster. 

A second person then fired on officers from inside the home where a high-powered rifle was found 

A woman and a 17-year-old male were found in the home after a three-hour standoff that included armored vehicles crashing into the suburban home

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles gets choked up as she speaks at a press conference

TV footage showed ambulances speeding to hospitals with several vehicles with sirens on both in front and behind them.

Kiashia Williams was driving home when she heard several shots separated by a few seconds.

'Ambulances, police and everything everywhere just started rushing down,' said Williams as she waited in her car to be allowed to go home and check on her daughter, who broadcast what she saw on social media.

Four Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools were placed on lockdown around afternoon dismissal, but that was lifted in the late afternoon, the district said.

Police urged people to stay away from the neighborhood and asked residents to remain inside their homes.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said he was in contact with law enforcement in Charlotte and offered any state resources to help.

Charlotte fire department captain Brian Cunningham, right, hugs Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings at a press conference

A Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer carries a gun as he walks in the neighborhood where an officer-involved shooting took place in Charlotte

Multiple law enforcement vehicles respond in the neighborhood 

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper said he was in contact with law enforcement in Charlotte and offered any state resources to help

A Gofundme has been launched attempting to raise $250,000 to help the victim officers' families

The last US Marshal shot and killed in the line of duty was in November 2018. Chase White was shot in Tucson, Arizona, by a man wanted for stalking local law enforcement officers, the agency said. 

The Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force is headquartered in Charlotte with 70 federal, state and local agencies. 

Fugitive task forces are collaborations between agencies to find and arrest suspects in crimes.

In six years, the regional task force has apprehend more than 8,900 fugitives, the US Marshals Service said on its website.

In March 2007, two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers were killed responding to a domestic dispute by someone not directly involved in the fight. 

Demeatrius Antonio Montgomery is serving a life sentence in the killings of officers Jeffrey Shelton and Sean Clark.