Crime & Public Safety
Crime & Public Safety

Second soldier arrested in Fort Stewart murders

Hinesville police found two Fort Stewart soldiers dead in an apartment after getting an anonymous tip. (Credit: Lewis Levine / Coastal Courier)
Hinesville police found two Fort Stewart soldiers dead in an apartment after getting an anonymous tip. (Credit: Lewis Levine / Coastal Courier)
By Raisa Habersham
March 17, 2017

A second soldier was arrested late Thursday in connection with the deaths of two Fort Stewart soldiers, Hinesville police said.

Shaquille Craig (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
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Phillip E. Thompson faces two charges after police say he drove alleged shooter Sgt. Shaquille D. Craig to an off-base apartment to kill Spc. Marquez Brown and Pvt. Malika Jackson.

Craig was arrested March 9 in the deaths.

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Brown and Jackson were found in a pool of their own blood in the apartment March 5. Both were shot, but one was also stabbed. Tips to two metro Atlanta police agencies led Hinesville police to the bodies.

Thompson, who is stationed on the U.S. Army base, had his first court appearance Friday morning.

In other news:

Compton elementary school parents told Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt they are upset that they were not told about the arrest.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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