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Soldier to appear before military judge on charges that he shot 5 people at a base

Soldier to appear before military judge on charges that he shot 5 people at a baseAn Army sergeant charged with attempted murder in the shootings of five people at a Georgia base faces arraignment before a military judgeByRUSS BYNUM Associated PressDecember 19, 2025, 12:01 AMFORT STEWART, Ga. -- An Army sergeant charged with attempted murder in the shootings of five people at a Georgia base last summer faces arraignment Friday before a military judge. Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, is scheduled to appear in a courtroom at Fort Stewart a week after Army prosecutors referred his case to a general court-martial, which handles cases involving the most serious crimes under military law. Officials say Radford opened fire with a personal handgun Aug.

Soldier to appear before military judge on charges that he shot 5 people at a base

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  • 6 on members of his supply unit at Fort Stewart in southeast Georgia, injuring four soldiers and a civilian worker who was Radford's romantic partner, before fellow soldiers were able to disarm and restrain him until military police arrived.
  • The Army initially said all five victims were soldiers. A week after the shootings, Army prosecutors charged Radford with six counts of attempted murder and assault, with the sixth victim being a person the shooter fired at and missed.
  • They also charged him with domestic violence.
  • That charge was added because the injured civilian worker was Radford's “intimate partner,” Michelle McCaskill, a spokesperson for the Army prosecutors’ office, told The Associated Press. The Army has not released the victims’ names and Fort Stewart officials have declined to comment on what led to the shooting. Under military law, attempted murder carries a potential penalty of life imprisonment. Since the shootings, Radford has been held in pretrial confinement at a Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina.
  • His military attorney, Lt.
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