Report: Local soldier murdered compatriot

[douglas9]

June 20, 2008 10:57 pm
A 1,200 page report on the death of a United States Army staff sergeant from Cullman County revealed Paul Brandon Norris was killed by a self-inflicted gun shot that came after he used the gun to murder 20-year-old Kamisha Block, a soldier from Vidor, Texas.

Block’s mother, Jane Block, is upset that Army officials at first said her daughter was shot as a result of “friendly fire.”

It was several days after the incident that the Blocks learned their daughter’s death was not accidental. It took six more months before the Blocks were able to get the whole story about her daughter’s death.

Block is also upset the Army did not do more to protect her daughter from Norris, who physically assaulted Kamisha before and after they were shipped to Iraq, the report said.

The final assault came about a week before the deaths, according to Block.

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