Georgia soldier's sergeant charged with murder

The former Army supervisor who ordered a Georgia soldier to kill an unarmed Iraqi will stand trial for pre-meditated murder. Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales is accused of shooting the man when his platoon raided a house last summer near Kirkuk. Corrales will also be tried for ordering a soldier in his platoon, Specialist Christopher Shore of Winder, Georgia, to shoot the Iraqi after Corrales shot him. Shore faces a murder charge but says he intentionally missed hitting the man because he was afraid of disobeying an order.

Georgia soldier faces murder charge

The Army has decided to charge a northeast Georgia soldier with murdering an Iraqi detainee. 25-year-old Christopher Shore of Winder faces a third degree murder charge. Shore and his platoon sergeant are accused of killing the detainee during a nighttime raid in a village near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Shore testified that his platoon sergeant ordered him to quote “finish” killing the Iraqi man, but that he intentionally missed and only fired because he was afraid of openly disobeying an order from the sergeant.