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HE WAS KILLED IN
AFGHANISTAN... WHEN U-S FORCES
WERE ATTACKED BY A ROCKET
PROPELLED GRENADE... OR WAS HE?
NEW INFORMATION SHOWS THE
OFFICIAL MILITARY EXPLANATION
FOR THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN DREW
RUSSELL OF SCOTTS IS VERRY
HAPPENED.
24 HOUR NEWS 8'S AMANDA
WITH THE STORY.AMANDA?
CAPTAIN DREW RUSSELL WAS 25
YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS KILLED
IN OCTOBER OF 2011.NOW, AN
INVESTIGATION BY THE
NEW LIGHT ON WHAT HAPPENED.
WHEN HE DIED, THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE ANNOUNCED HE AND
ANOTHER OFFICER HAD BEEN
KILLED WHEN ENEMY FORCES
ATTACKED THEIR UNIT WITH A
ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE.BUT
MILITARY INVESTIGATORS TELL
ANOTHER STORY.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOSICATED
OFFICER WERE SHOT IN THE
BACK... RUSSELL THREE TIMES.
NOT IN A TALIBAN ASSAULT AS
THE MILITARY HAD CLAIMED, BUT
SHOT BY AFGHAN TROOPS THEY
WERE TRAINING.MILITARY
INVESTIGATORS BLAME A LACK OF
SECURITY... WITH AFGHAN FORCES
ALLOWED TO ENTER AND LEAVE THE
MILITARY COMPOUND UNCHECKED.
CAPTAIN DREW RUSSELL WAS LAID
TO REST IN VICKSBUG LAST FALL,
AFTER A FUNERAL SERVICE AND
PROCESSION WHERE MEMBERS OF
STREETS TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS.
WE HAVE A CREW WORKING THIS
STORY AND WILL HAVE MORE ON
WRONG, COMING UP LATER TODAY
ON 24 HOUR NEWS 8 AT 5.