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2006-03-04 Home Front: WoT

Army to Open Criminal Investigation of Pat Tillman's Death

WASHINGTON The Army said Saturday it will launch a criminal investigation into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player who was shot to death by fellow soldiers in what previous Army reviews had concluded was an accidental shooting by members of his own unit.

Col. Joseph Curtin, an Army spokesman, said the Defense Department office of inspector general had reviewed the matter at the Army's request and concluded that a criminal probe was warranted.

Members of the Tillman family were notified on Friday, Curtin said.

Curtin said the scope of the new investigation by the Army Criminal Investigation Command, had not yet been determined in detail.

A Pentagon official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the new investigation has not been formally begun, said it would focus on possible charges of negligent homicide.

Posted by Sherry 2006-03-04 18:13|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 WTF !!!

Posted by Danking70 2006-03-04 19:13|| 2006-03-04 19:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Holy cow. More cursing the darkness. War is a bitch, bright young people get killed. Sometimes they get killed by the enemy, sometimes they get ahead of the forward edge of the battle area.
Dead is dead.

Posted by Visitor 2006-03-04 19:21|| 2006-03-04 19:21|| Front Page Top

#3 I thought that at first, but what's the upside for the Army in bringing this up again? They must have something nasty on somebody to take all the rehash of negative publicity and hurt they will cause the Tillmans.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-04 19:50|| 2006-03-04 19:50|| Front Page Top

#4 "War is full of horrible surprises"- Winston Churchill.

Posted by Grunter 2006-03-04 19:59|| 2006-03-04 19:59|| Front Page Top

#5 this is NOT what Tillman would've wanted, exactly the opposite message from his financial/career (and yes, life) sacrifice.
Attack of the ankle-biting TET assholes

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-03-04 20:54|| 2006-03-04 20:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Bad sh*t happens in wartime. My dad told me that the most dangerous time he ever had was on Okinawa. They told him to take his amphib to a certain sector. He went there, sunset came, nobody else there. The US navy shelled the place all night. They got literally tossed about by shells up to battleship sized rounds. The next morning a patrol came up, and said, "what the hell are you doing here??" Dad said that they were ordered here last night. They said that someone screwed up, the navy shells the area every night to keep the Japs away.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-03-04 23:09|| 2006-03-04 23:09|| Front Page Top

#7 e-Yup. Wrong place, wrong time. Loose lips sink ships. Sometimes you are just part of the diversion.

Posted by Skidmark 2006-03-05 00:00|| 2006-03-05 00:00|| Front Page Top

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