One of the victims injured in the shooting at Fort Stewart was “intimate partner of the accused”, according to the army office of the Special Testing Advocate, that is why allegations against the SGT. The Quornlus Redford contains a specification of domestic violence.
The Army office said in a news release that Redford was charged in several pre -determined murder cases on Tuesday, attacking with severely nervous damage and a dangerous weapon.
Five soldiers were injured when active-duty sergeant Slired fire Officials said that on his colleagues in the Army Post in Georgia last week, the officials said. Radford, 28 -year -old automatic logistics Sergeant 2 with the armored brigade combat team, used his personal weapon in shooting, Brigadier. General John LubasThe commander of the fort told reporters on Wednesday.
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Mitchell McCill, a spokesman of a special test lawyer of the Army, who is prosecuting Redford, said a sixth soldier was shot, but the Redford missed. The army has not released the names of the victims, and McCscillas said they did not know if Redford’s partner was among the five people he had injured.
Officials of Fort Stewart have refused to comment on the shooter’s objectives.
Allegations were issued against Radford as their first attendance was registered in a military court at Fort Stewart. After the hearing officer ordered Redford to show off, he will be transferred to the brigade in the joint base Charleston in South Carolina.
Under the military law, murder attempt gives a possible punishment of life imprisonment.
Redford was represented by the army defense lawyers at his hearing on Tuesday. The phone and email messages with Fort Stewart’s trial defense service did not immediately return.
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Now when he is accused, Redford has faced pre-pre-proceedings to determine whether there is enough evidence for him to test by court-marshal.
The largest army post in the east of the Mississippi River is the house of thousands of soldiers handed over to Fort Stewart 3 in Infantry Division. It is located about 40 miles south -western than Savannah.
Army records show that Redford was listed in 2018.
The soldiers in the Redford unit stated that they followed the sound of bullets in the hallway of an office building, where they found guns in the air and injured the victims on the floor and in the nearby offices.
Brigadier. General Lubas credited the soldiers to save life by providing first aid, in some cases staunch for bleeding gunshot wounds using their bare hands.
Army Secretary Dan Driskal visited Fort Stewart one day after firing to give meritorious service medal to six soldiers, who helped the gunman to stop and treat the victims.
Ellenor Watson contributed to this report.