Judge Rules to Try Three Soldiers for Murder

Judge Rules to Try Three Soldiers for Murder

Updated: March 15, 2008 11:34 AM EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - An El Paso district judge has ruled there is enough evidence to try two former Fort Carson soldiers and on soldier who is still in the Army with the alleged murder of a fellow Iraq veteran.

Kevin Shields was shot in the face after a night of drinking Nov. 30, his 24th birthday, reported by a local newspaper.

The two former soldiers are Edward Bressler, 25, Kenneth Lee Eastridge, 24. Fort Carson spokesman Doug Rule said Pfc. Bruce Alan Bastien Jr., 21, had been scheduled for a medical discharge but that was frozen pending the outcome of this case.

Bastien and Bressler also are charged with the robbery and murder of Pft. Robert James. They were scheduled to enter pleas Friday but their lawyers requested a delay.