CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Sunrise was still more than an hour away when FBI task force officers gathered outside a home in northeast Charlotte six years ago.

The group, made up of local officers sworn to the federal task force, had a search warrant for a home suspected of drug trafficking. Two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers, not on the task force or part of the investigation, had been called in last minute for perimeter support.

In a matter of moments, the bust would end with one of those Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers shooting at one of the task force officers 14 times because she believed him to be the suspect, according to court records.

For years, the controversial case has dragged on in federal court after the officer who was shot sued the city of Charlotte and the

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