Hunter Tells 911 Dispatcher His Friend Shot Belgrade Soldier
The latest information on the Belgrade soldier who was Killed at Fort Bragg. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.
A Belgrade soldier whose body was found Saturday on a public hiking and biking trail on the Fort Bragg Army Base in North Carolina was accidentally shot by a hunter, according to a 911 call released Thursday.
Capt. Jeremiah D. Sipes, 33, of Belgrade, Mont., died of a single gunshot wound, Army officials have said.
A spokesman for the Army's Criminal Investigative Command, which is looking into Sipes' death, said Wednesday that a hunter found Sipes' body near the western edge of Fort Bragg. The Army hasn't declared the death a hunting accident, but the spokesman said they were looking into that possibility.
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