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GI Killed by German Police

Posted Mar 15, 08 8:02 AM CDT in Crime & Courts,  World 

(Newser) – A US Army soldier stationed in Germany was shot and killed by local police after holding his ex-girlfriend hostage, the New York Times reports. The unnamed soldier was located after the woman escaped; when he threatened a SWAT unit with an assault rifle, he was shot, and later died at a hospital.  

Armed with an M-4 rifle he was authorized to use earlier but never returned, the soldier broke into the woman’s apartment late Thursday. US authorities confirmed they were cooperating with the Germans, but withheld further comment, saying “it’s too early.” The soldier, who has not been identified, is one of about 45,000 US military stationed in Germany.

Source New York Times

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Soldiers prepare their 300 Stryker armored personnel carriers for a long trip by rail and ship at the US Army training area in Grafenwoehr.   (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
US soldiers guard a military installation in Germany.   (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)
Traffic signs lead to the airfield and other installations of the US Army in Hanau, Germany. The soldier killed may have served in Iraq.   (AP Photo/Ferdinand Ostrop)
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