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Sailor charged in shooting death of gay sailor
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jul 24, 2009 9:26:29 EDT
Posted : Friday Jul 24, 2009 9:26:29 EDT
SAN DIEGO — The Navy says a sailor has been charged in military court with murder and other offenses in the shooting death of a seaman at Camp Pendleton.
Petty Officer Jonathan Campos of Lancaster was charged Thursday in connection to last month’s fatal shooting of Seaman August Provost of Houston.
The 29-year-old’s family believes his shooting may have been a hate crime.
The family said Provost, who was gay, complained of being harassed about his sexuality in the days before his death.
Navy officials have rejected those claims and say there is no record of Provost filing a harassment report.
They say Campos, a 32-year-old gas system technician, is being held at the brig and is cooperating with investigators.
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