U.S. Army offers up to $25,000 for information in fatal shooting of drill sergeant on New Year’s Day
Sergeant Jessica Mitchell was fatally shot on I-10 in San Antonio
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Jessica Ann Mitchell, 30. (Crime Stoppers)
SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Army is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons, responsible for killing Sergeant Jessica Mitchell, who was fatally shot on New Year’s Day in San Antonio.
The Army’s Criminal Investigation Command announced the $25,000 reward on Thursday, asking anyone with information in the “senseless murder” to come forward.
San Antonio police said the car she was driving, a white 2019 Dodge Charger, was shot at by a person in a red vehicle.
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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.
Sgt Jessica Mitchell, 30, was found dead in her vehicle on New Year s Day
Authorities said she was shot multiple times on Interstate 10 in San Antonio
Mitchell, who leaves behind her son, 10, was assigned as a dental specialist to US Army Medical Center of Excellence on Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston
No arrests have been made in the case and authorities have not released any information about a possible suspect
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