The U.S.Army Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) announced that an Army sergeant who opened fire on his own unit and his male fiancé at Fort Stewart in Georgia last summer has been sentenced to six consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole.Sgt.
Quornelius S.Radford, 29, was convicted by a military judge of attempting to murder five soldiers and his fiancé during an Aug.
6 shooting rampage. In addition to his life sentences, Radford will forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to E-1, and receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army, according to a statement from OSTC.He will serve his confinement at the U.S.
Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.FILE - Sgt.Quornelius Radford, a suspect in the shooting of five soldiers at Fort Stewart, is escorted by military police into a booking room at the Liberty County Jail in Hinesville, Ga., on Aug.
6, 2025.(Lewis M.
Levine/Unknown)SHOOTING AT GEORGIA'S FORT STEWART INJURES 5 SOLDIERS; SUSPECT IN CUSTODYMaj.Matthew Fields, a prosecutor with the OSTC, said the life sentence "reflects the profound betrayal at the heart of this case," noting that soldiers are trained to face danger from the enemy, not from those standing next to them in formation."Sgt.
Radford turned his weapon on his own unit, shooting fellow Soldiers, including members of his leadership, shattering the trust that is essential to every military organization," Fields said.Army CID special agent in charge Ryan O’Connor added the conviction confirms the branch’s "commitment to the safety and security of our service members and military communities."FILE - A soldier arms himself at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Aug.6, 2025, after a gunman opened fire at the facility and injured five people.
(WTOC/Unknown)WIFE CONVICTED OF MURDERING ARMY SOLDIER HUSBAND AT HOME ON MILITARY BASEFox News Digital previously reported that Radford, an automated logistics sergeant from Jacksonville, Florida, who joined the Army in 2018,...