The city of Charlotte, family, friends and fellow law-enforcement officers gathered in Charlotte, NC to remember fallen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Joshua Eyer. Eyer lost his life, along with three other member of law-enforcement, on Monday in east Charlotte while attempted to serve a warrant. The suspect opened fire, killing them and injuring four others. Eyer had just been named one of the department's employees of the month for April. “Just a few weeks ago I’m shaking his hand congratulating him for being officer of the month in our command center. And that’s because of his work in the community, because of his work getting guns off the street and because of how he responds to his cases and how he treats people," Police Chief Johnny Jennings said at a news conference on Tuesday. “As he demonstrated yesterday, he’s the kind of officer you want to respond when you need help. He was rushing in to help a task force officer when he was taken on by gunfire," Jennings said. Eyer had served with the department for six years in the North Tryon Division and was a member of the 178th Recruit Class, according to police. He is survived by his wife and 3-year-old son. In addition to his job with the police, Eyer served in the North Carolina Army National Guard from 2011 to 2023, when he was honorably discharged. He obtained the rank of sergeant first class and deployed overseas twice, according to the Guard. He was a military police soldier for most of his career apart from a period in 2019 when he served as a combat engineer, according to the Guard. Brandon Mancilla said he served with Eyer in Kuwait in 2020, where Eyer was in charge of some of his missions. Eyer was tough and strict, but also kind, he said. “I was a 19-year-old, an immature kid, but I just needed somebody who was going to be patient,” Mancilla said. “The cool thing is he realized that and would show you the right way to do things. ... He talked to me almost like a father would talk to a son.”