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Military officials are not releasing much information about the shooting. The only say that the victim was male, in his twenties, and that he died en route to a local hospital. The training exercise was being held near the community of booker, on Fort Chaffee land. A spokesman says his unit was on a range, performing an exercise with a lot of maneuvering, with what are called night shoots.

Centaurus High Graduate Killed During Training BOULDER, Colo. -- The family of Mario Maestas knew his life as a Navy SEAL was dangerous, but he wasn't overseas and news of his death last week in a training exercise was an unexpected blow. Maestas (pictured, left), a 22-year-old Centaurus High School graduate who grew up in Louisville, died Thursday at Fort Chaffee, Ark. Officials said his platoon was training when a live round of ammunition hit him. "We knew he had some really hard training ... we didn't expect this," said his sister, Monita, 23. Family members described Maestas as...