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A 26-year-old Fort Carson solider was arrested Wednesday nearly four months after police say he was driving under the influence and crashed his car into a tree, killing his passenger.
Lawrence Long was booked into the El Paso County jail on suspicion of vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and reckless driving, court records show. His passenger was found dead at the scene when police arrived and Long was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to police.
The El Paso County Coroner s Office on Thursday identified the passenger as Andre Saunders, 25.
Saunders was a sergeant in the Army, according to a Nov. 14 Facebook post by the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
15 FORT KNOX, Ky. With clear skies and the sun shining, a commissioned officer from DeWitt, Michigan, stood tall as his infantry branch insignia was removed and replaced with his new Judge Advocate General insignia. A moment that signified the beginning of a new career path made possible through the Army’s Funded Legal Education Program.
Capt. Zach Simons joins the 1st Theater Sustainment Command as its new administrative law attorney, after recently completing the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia. For me, the ceremony really was the culmination of the last four years in the Army since I was selected for FLEP, attended law school, studied for the Washington, D.C. bar exam and completed the Judge Advocate Officer Basic Course,” Simons said.
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Afghanistan Shootings Fast Facts
Here’s a look at former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is serving life in prison without parole for the murders of 16 Afghan civilians in 2012.
About former Staff Sgt. Bales
Bales was assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington.
The unit was deployed in support of Special Forces troops in Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
Bales served three tours of duty in Iraq before being deployed to Afghanistan.
Timeline
March 11, 2012 – Bales
leaves the military base and goes on a house to house shooting spree in two nearby villages. He kills 16 people, including nine children. Eleven of the victims belong to the same family. Bales returns to the base and turns himself in.