Authorities: Chicago Marine Had Cousin Shoot Him to Avoid Possible Return

[steve2470]

..to Iraq (on edit: to complete headline)

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBD6JC47BE.html

The Associated Press
Published: Jul 15, 2005



CHICAGO (AP) - A young Marine who feared returning to Iraq persuaded his cousin to shoot him in the leg, then told police he was hit by random gang gunfire, authorities said.

The shooting early Saturday was meant to keep 19-year-old Moises Hernandez from going back to Iraq, prosecutors said. He was charged with filing a false police report.

His cousin, Juan Hernandez, 19, was being held Friday on a charge of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, prosecutors said. His public defender did not immediately return a call for comment.

Moises Hernandez is back with his unit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., and the Marines are investigating the incident. His unit had returned June 5 from a six-month deployment that included a month in Iraq.


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wow, talk about desperation !

[marmar]

1. I bet there are lots of stories like this one...

These muthaf..ckers are going to wreck the military with this sham of a war.

[Cha]

2. Poor thing..as if

that would keep him out.

[Oversea Visitor]

3. Please

dont do this to your young one..... It is unlawful to call out the militia on this Iraq issue
Look at your constituation on when the militia can be use.

[Lilyhoney]

4. On my fathers side of the family

during the Vietnam war a relative shot and killed his son as he came home. The father killed him because the son recieved his draft notice that day and the father would have rathered killed his only son than let him go to that war. The father also killed a couple more people that day. A neighbor or two. When the police came he was just sitting in the chair.

Yes talk about desperation.