Soldier Charged With Having Himself Shot [View All]

Shameful that troops have to be in positon to do such things!!


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Soldier Charged With Having Himself Shot


1 hour, 11 minutes ago

By RANDY PENNELL, Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA - Police have arrested a soldier they say had his cousin shoot him so he wouldn't have to return to Iraq (news - web sites).



Army Spc. Marquise J. Roberts, of Hinesville, Ga., suffered a minor wound Tuesday to his left leg from a .22-caliber pistol, police said. He was treated at a hospital, then arrested after he and his cousin allegedly admitted making up a story about the shooting.


After giving differing accounts of the incident, "they just broke down and confessed that they concocted the whole story so he didn't have to go back to the war," Philadelphia police Lt. James Clark said Thursday.


Police charged Roberts with filing a false report and charged his cousin, Ronald Fuller, with aggravated assault and other charges.


Roberts, who was visiting family in Philadelphia, initially claimed he was shot during an attempted robbery, but Fuller had said the incident occurred at another location during an argument, according to Clark.