Another soldier stages shooting to avoid being re-deployed

Soldier allegedly stages shooting to avoid Iraq

The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Feb 26, 2008 17:22:07 EST

APPLE VALLEY, Calif. — A soldier trying to avoid redeployment to Iraq had a friend shoot him in the leg and then claimed he’d been wounded in a holdup, authorities said.

Army Pfc. Matthew John Myers, 20, of Apple Valley, limped into a convenience store about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and reported he had been walking on a golf course when a gunman stole his wallet and military identification and shot him in the right thigh, authorities said.

A helicopter search failed to find a robber, and San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies became suspicious of the story because they could not find a blood trail or any shell casings and Myers could not describe the attacker.

Also, Myers “had stated that he was walking alone when the suspect came up and shot him, then ran away,” sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Newton said. “But when deputies went back to investigate, they found two sets of footprints that had been walking side by side for some time.”
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