Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine

Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine
Posted: Mar 17, 2010 8:29 PM EDT

By RICK CALLAHAN
Associated Press Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The U.S. Marine Corps' investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor fired shots at a group of Marines.

The Marine Corps' report, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request, says 24-year-old Lance Cpl. Joshua Birchfield of Westville was shot Feb. 19 when a security contractor working for a local company opened fire on a squad of Marines who had stopped in a dry riverbed during a combat foot patrol.
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