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April 18th,
2008 - Schofield Soldier’s Trial in Iraq Case Starts Next Week |
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Schofield
Soldier’s Trial in Iraq Case Starts Next Week Premeditated murder among charges in 2007 shooting of detainee By the Honolulu Advertiser April 18, 2008 The start of a trial in the
court martial of a Schofield Barracks soldier accused of shooting an unarmed
Iraqi detainee on a recent deployment has been set for Wednesday, the Army
said yesterday. Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales
will be tried at court-martial on charges that include premeditated murder. In addition to the
premeditated murder charge, Corrales, 35, also faces a charge of wrongfully
soliciting another soldier to shoot the Iraqi. Additionally, the San
Antonio, Texas, man is accused of impeding a military investigation by
causing an AK-47 rifle to be placed near the victim after he had been shot. A second Schofield soldier
has been convicted of aggravated assault after being accused of shooting the
Iraqi man after being ordered to do so by Corrales. Corrales and Spc.
Christopher Shore, 25, of Winder, Ga., are accused of shooting the Iraqi man
on June 23, 2007, after a raid in the village of al Saheed outside Kirkuk.
The soldiers were looking for insurgents planting roadside bombs. Corrales is accused of
shooting the unarmed Iraqi multiple times, then ordering Shore to
"finish" him. Instead of carrying out the order,
Shore said he fired two shots next to the detainee's head in the dirt
"to defuse the situation." Shore was charged with
third-degree murder - roughly equivalent to a civilian manslaughter charge -
but was convicted of aggravated assault. On Feb. 20, he was sentenced
to 120 days' confinement, received a reprimand and was reduced in rank,
officials said. The soldiers are with
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