Overview
- The Army’s Office of Special Trial Counsel announced on Dec. 12 that Sgt. Quornelius Radford’s case has been sent to a general court-martial.
- Prosecutors allege he opened fire on Aug. 6 at the 2nd Armored Brigade annex, wounding four soldiers and a civilian and firing at a sixth soldier.
- Referred specifications include two attempted premeditated murders, four attempted unpremeditated murders, a domestic-violence charge, and six aggravated assaults under the UCMJ.
- A military magistrate kept Radford in custody after hearing victims’ statements that expressed forgiveness but opposed his release.
- Radford is in pretrial confinement at Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston as the case awaits assignment of a military judge and scheduling.