By GREG BARNES
The Fayettville (N.C.) Observer
Published: July 1, 2012
Lt. Col. Roy L. Tisdale, commander of the 525th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade at Fort Bragg, N.C., was fatally shot by a member of his battalion around 3:30 p.m., June 28. COURTESY OF THE U.S. ARMY
The soldier who fatally shot his superior officer during a safety briefing on Fort Bragg and then turned the gun on himself has died.
Col. Kevin Arata, a Fort Bragg spokesman, identified the soldier as Spc. Ricky G. Elder, 27, of Hutchinson, Kan. Elder died Saturday at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said.
Elder is accused of fatally shooting his battalion commander, Lt. Col. Roy L. Tisdale, during a safety briefing Thursday.
A third soldier, 22-year-old Spc. Michael E. Latham, was treated for minor wounds at Womack Army Medical Center and released.
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