Soldier with second-degree murder of another soldier

Murder charged after Eagle River shooting
RUSSIAN ROULETTE: Friend charged with murder.
By ROSEMARY SHINOHARA
rshinohara@adn.com
Published: March 6th, 2011

Police have charged a soldier with second-degree murder in the shooting death of another soldier at an Eagle River home early Sunday. The two men were playing Russian roulette with a loaded revolver, police said.

A 26-year-old soldier from an Army brigade at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson was shot in the abdomen about 2 a.m. Sunday and was pronounced dead at Providence Alaska Medical Center about an hour later, police and military officials said.

The soldier who was shot has not yet been identified pending notification of his family.


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