Soldier convicted in Iraqi’s death
From Times Wire Reports
A soldier who had been charged with murder in the shooting death of an unarmed Iraqi was convicted by a military jury at Wheeler Army Airfield of aggravated assault.
Spc. Christopher Shore had insisted that his platoon leader ordered him to kill the man on June 23 near Kirkuk, Iraq, and that he intentionally fired to miss.
Aggravated assault carries a maximum of eight years in prison, a dishonorable discharge and a drop to the Army’s lowest pay grade, but lawyers said Shore could receive a lighter sentence.
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