Two Tour Iraq Veteran Murdered While Celebrating Birthday

Rodney Jermaine Nesbitt was shot and killed while out celebrating his 29th birthday
The Greenville News
Anna Lee
February 24, 2014

GREENVILLE, S.C. — A U.S. Army veteran who survived a tour of duty in Iraq was killed early Saturday morning in South Carolina while out celebrating his 29th birthday, his father said.

Rodney Jermaine Nesbitt and another person were found shot inside of a Chevrolet Tahoe in Greenville, S.C., early Saturday morning. They were shot after authorities received reports of an altercation at a business in the area.

"He had a big heart," said Kenneth Fields, Nesbitt's father. "Everyone that you talked to always said how nice he was."

Nesbitt was shot in the head and died at the scene, said Greenville County (S.C.) Coroner Parks Evans. The other person was wounded, but authorities have not released much information about that person.

The shooting is being investigated as a homicide.
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