Army Times reports: Attorneys for a disgruntled Army Reserve soldier who fatally shot his supervisor after his vacation was denied say his fasting to meet stringent military weight guidelines left him in a trancelike state. (This courtroom sketch shows Army Reserve Sgt. Rashad Valmont during military hearing Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 at Fort McPherson, Ga.…
Continue reading ›Among others, the Virgin Islands Daily News reports that: U.S. Army officials have charged a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves, a St. Croix native, with the premeditated murder of his supervisor, who was shot multiple times last week at Fort Gillem in Georgia, where the two men were stationed. . . . A…
Continue reading ›Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that: Military officials have charged Staff Sgt. Rashad Valmont with murder in the fatal shooting of Master Sgt. Pedro Mercado at Fort Gillem, U.S. Army spokeswoman Maj. Lenora Hutchinson told the AJC on Tuesday. The report then goes on to say that: The charge of premeditated murder was recommended Tuesday by…
Continue reading ›Army Times reports that: The military has released the name of the man allegedly shot to death by a fellow reservist at Fort Gillem. An earlier release said that the name of the suspect would not be released until there were charges. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that: The Army reservist gunned down by a…
Continue reading ›The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that: The victim of Thursday’s U.S. Army Reserve post shooting and his alleged killer both apparently worked together, Army officials said Friday. Both men were full-time Army Guard reserve soldiers assigned to the Army Medical Professional Management Command, spokeswoman Maj. Lenora Hutchinson told the AJC. It’s unclear whether they both…
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