Gulf War Veteran Slain in Parking Lot Dispute
Associated Press
NEPTUNE BEACH, Fla. —
A sailor from Oklahoma City who served in the Persian Gulf was killed in a parking lot altercation here, police said Sunday.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Harold J. Mansfield Jr., who was black, was shot to death Friday night by a white motorist, police said. Witnesses said the shooting followed an argument in which racial epithets were used. Mansfield, 22, was assigned to the carrier Saratoga, which returned to Mayport Naval Station at Jacksonville several weeks ago.
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