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Fort Rucker trainee charged with murder in entrenching tool killing

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Fort Rucker trainee charged with murder in entrenching tool killing
By Davis Winkie
Jan 18, 09:39 PM
The U.S. Army Aviation Center at Fort Rucker, Alabama. (Army)

Army officials have identified the soldier charged with murder in the killing of Pvt. Abdul Latifu at Fort Rucker, Alabama, on Jan. 10.

Pvt. Brian Jones Jr., a 21-year-old trainee attending the service’s air traffic control operator course, has been in custody since he attacked Latifu, said Lt. Col. Andy Thaggard, the top spokesperson for Fort Rucker and its Aviation Center of Excellence. Jones now faces a murder charge under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

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