One soldier dead, another injured after Fort Stewart shooting
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Posted 8:50AM on Sunday 24th March 2002 ( 23 years ago )
FORT STEWART - A sergeant from Fort Stewart is in critical condition after he was shot by another soldier who then killed himself. <br>
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The shooting happened early Friday morning at the 226th Medical Supply Company. <br>
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Investigators say Private First Class Craig Jones walked into the company orderly room and shot Sergeant Michael Santiago in the chest and arm. <br>
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They say Jones then walked outside where he shot and killed himself. <br>
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Officials do not know why one soldier open fired on another. Both men were in the same unit. <br>
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``We don't know what the working relationship was,'' said Lieutenant Colonel Dave Van Laar, Fort Stewart's Provost Marshall. ``We know that he knew him, but their exact working relationship is still under investigation.''<br>
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(WTOC-TV, Savannah)
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