This story was first revealed in The Fayetteville Observer.
PINEBLUFF — A Greensboro man was arrested Tuesday in a Moore County taking pictures that left a Fort Bragg soldier useless and 4 others injured, based on the Moore County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Malik Anthony Williams, 25, is charged with one rely of first-degree homicide within the taking pictures demise of Workers Sgt. Keith Wright Jr., 29.
The Fort Bragg-based 1st Special Forces Command mentioned that Wright, initially from Petersburg, Virginia, was assigned to Headquarters Firm, third Special Forces Group, as a provide and logistics specialist.
In keeping with the Sheriff’s Workplace, the taking pictures occurred at a gathering at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday on Primrose Path in Pinebluff.
Holly Smith, 50, of Aberdeen; Desmond Jones, 45, of Southern Pines; Calyndell Miller, 24, of Raeford; and Tony Williams, 33, of Southern Pines, have been additionally shot however survived.
Smith and Jones have been flown to UNC Medical Middle in Chapel Hill with severe accidents and have been listed in secure situation Sunday, based on the Sheriff’s Workplace. Miller and Williams have been taken to Moore Regional First Well being in Pinehurst with non-life-threatening accidents, the discharge mentioned.
As of Sunday, investigators have been working to establish witnesses to the taking pictures, based on the Sheriff’s Workplace information launch.
In keeping with 1st Special Forces Command, Wright joined the Army in 2012 and was a fight veteran who deployed in help of abroad contingency operations in 2015 and 2016.
He arrived at Fort Bragg in 2019.
“Keith was a workforce participant and all the time prepared to assist his teammates in third Group,” mentioned Col. John D. Bishop, commander of third Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces Command. “He was a caring good friend, a non-commissioned officer, and everybody that knew him understood how vital his household was to him.
“Keith and his household will all the time be a part of the Tribe. Our ideas, prayers, and condolences are along with his family members by this unimaginably tough time.”
Wright’s awards and decorations embody the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Nationwide Protection Service Medal, World Struggle on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Abroad Service Ribbon and the Army Parachutist Badge.
Anybody with details about Saturday’s taking pictures is requested to contact the Moore County Sheriff’s Workplace at 910-947-2931 or present data by the Nameless Crime Tip Line at 910-947-4444.
