LiberalNation
03-18-2008, 07:00 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080318/ap_on_re_us/ranger_killed;_ylt=ApxfHTjspjxsLraGoBSNBC5vzwcF
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A soldier accused of murdering his roommate — a fellow Ranger who served with him in Afghanistan — went to trial Tuesday in a case that will touch on how combat affected both men psychologically.
Spc. Michael A. McQueen II died of a single gunshot to the right temple in September 2006, in the apartment he began sharing with Sgt. Gary Smith just 20 days earlier.
Smith threw the weapon, a .38-caliber revolver, into a nearby lake before calling 911. He was covered in McQueen's blood and had gunshot residue on his hands when he was arrested, and prosecutor John Maloney said he repeatedly changed his story to investigators.
ROCKVILLE, Md. - A soldier accused of murdering his roommate — a fellow Ranger who served with him in Afghanistan — went to trial Tuesday in a case that will touch on how combat affected both men psychologically.
Spc. Michael A. McQueen II died of a single gunshot to the right temple in September 2006, in the apartment he began sharing with Sgt. Gary Smith just 20 days earlier.
Smith threw the weapon, a .38-caliber revolver, into a nearby lake before calling 911. He was covered in McQueen's blood and had gunshot residue on his hands when he was arrested, and prosecutor John Maloney said he repeatedly changed his story to investigators.