Posted on 02/22/2006 7:44:21 PM PST by SmithL
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell soldier charged with opening fire on his comrades at a shooting range last year was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday morning on more than two dozen attempted murder and assault-related charges.
Pvt. Nicholas D. Mikel, 21, is accused of shooting with a handgun into a physical training formation at the Army post in October. No one was hurt.
On Tuesday, Fort Campbell officials announced that the case was referred to a general court-martial, meaning Mikel is moving closer to facing the charges in a military court.
Mikel, of DeBary, Fla., was assigned to the rear detachment of Company E, 1st Brigade Combat Team, which is part of the 101st Airborne Division. He faces three counts of attempted murder, attempted rape, 23 assault-related charges, larceny and failing to register a deadly weapon.
Post officials said Mikel fired five shots from a .357-caliber handgun into the formation of fellow soldiers in his unit about 7 a.m. on Oct. 13.
The attempted rape charge stems from the day before, when he tried to have a "romantic interlude" with a female soldier, officials said. Mikel also is accused of stealing a government computer.
Mikel is also accused of failing to register a firearm with the post provost marshal.
The details are still a bit thin.
Sounds like he was flock shooting, those Soldiers were lucky.
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