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KOMO 4 NEWS and the ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 16, 2012

Suspect in Afghan massacre identified as local soldier

His lawyer, John Henry Browne of Seattle, also says that when the 11-year veteran heard
he was being sent to Afghanistan late last year, he did not want to go.
He also said that a day before the rampage, the soldier saw a comrade's leg blown off.

The 38-year-old staff sergeant is married with two small children.
He lost part of one foot because of injuries suffered in Iraq during one of his three tours of duty there.

The soldier was en route Friday to the maximum-security military prison
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., a senior defense official said.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of security surrounding the move.
Browne said the sergeant is originally from the Midwest
but now lives near Joint Base Lewis-McChord. His children are 3 and 4.

The sergeant's family says they saw no signs of aggression or anger. "They were totally shocked,"
by accounts of the massacre, Browne said. "He's never said anything antagonistic about Muslims.
He's in general very mild-mannered."
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