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Staff Sergeant Jessica Mitchell, a 68E Dental Specialist based at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.
San Antonio police are investigating the death of an Army drill sergeant found shot in a stalled vehicle on New Year s Day.
Staff Sergeant Jessica Mitchell, assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was pronounced dead at 3 a.m. Friday.
Officers were called to the eastbound side of Interstate 10 at West Avenue for a stranded vehicle in the left lane that was causing a hazard, police said. They found a white Dodge Charger with multiple gunshots to the driver s side door and window.
By Victor Omondi
Texas authorities are investigating the death of Drill Sgt. Jessica Mitchell, found in a bullet-riddled car on a San Antonio interstate.
According to a statement made by San Antonio police, the first responders thought they were heading to a car-crash in the fast lane. Instead, shortly after 2 a.m., they found a white Dodge Challenger bullet-riddled on the driver’s side door and window. The highway was then shut down for a while to allow investigation.
“Officers opened the vehicle door and checked for a pulse on the victim (who) appeared to have been struck multiple times,” the police. Mitchell was transported by ambulance to University Hospital and pronounced dead a little after 3 a.m.
A drill sergeant assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston has died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the JBSA.
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