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Army Sergeant Gets Life Sentence for Shootings that Wounded 5 at Georgia Base
The military judge also ordered Radford dishonorably discharged, reduced to E-1 and given 321 days of confinement credit.
- On Tuesday, a military judge at Fort Stewart sentenced Army Sgt. Quornelius Radford to six consecutive life terms with the possibility of parole, with the sentence confirmed by the Army Office of Special Trial Counsel at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
- After arguing with his live-in boyfriend on August 6, 2025, Radford grabbed a personal 9mm Glock 19 handgun and headed to his unit's headquarters intending to shoot two noncommissioned officers; he pleaded guilty in March to aggravated assault and domestic violence charges while maintaining he never intended to kill.
- Radford shot 1st Sgt. Taniesha Jeter in the stomach and fired at Sgt. Class Justin Jones, wounding four soldiers and his then-fiancé Raekwon Smith; medical testimony revealed victims sustained wounds to the face, chest, back and abdomen that could have been fatal.
- The judge ordered Radford dishonorably discharged, reduced to E-1 rank, forfeited all pay and granted 321 days confinement credit; he will serve at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, while fellow soldiers who stopped him received commendations from Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
- Prosecutors sought life without parole citing the targeting of unit leaders, while defense attorneys argued Radford experienced a mental health crisis warranting rehabilitation; victims testified they remain in physical and emotional recovery, with some soldiers planning to leave the Army after the breach of trust.
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