Pendleton Marine arrested in shooting death

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Pendleton Marine arrested in shooting death
By Gillian Flaccus - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday May 23, 2008 20:56:53 EDT

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A 21-year-old Marine and Iraq war veteran from Camp Pendleton was arrested for investigation of murder in the slaying of a fellow Marine, sheriff’s officials said Friday.

A second Marine suspected in the killing has been on unauthorized leave since April and is now considered a fugitive, said Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino.

Lance Cpl. Christian William Carney was placed in the Camp Pendleton brig on Thursday night after sheriff’s deputies informed military personnel that he was wanted for the May 15 slaying of Pfc. Stephen Serrano. Carney, an Iraq war veteran, was then arrested Friday by sheriff’s deputies, Amormino said.

Meanwhile, authorities sought a second Marine, Pfc. Alvin Reed Lovely, 20, also of Camp Pendleton, in connection with the slaying. Amormino said Lovely is considered armed and dangerous.

The sheriff’s spokesman said neither Carney nor Lovely were believed to have retained attorneys.


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