An American contractor stationed in Iraq for defense firm Lockheed Martin has died after it is believed he was assaulted by members of the United States military.
Rick Rodriguez, a former Army Green Beret who served with the military for 20 years, was removed from life support at a hospital in Germany on Friday - a decision made by his family.
His wife and four children were flown by the military from their home in Fayetteville, North Carolina to Germany after Rodriguez was transferred from Iraq to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a relative told The Daily Beast.
Numerous sources told the news site that Rodriguez was severely injured during a brawl with U.S. Marines.
Military sources said that investigators are focusing their attention on two gunnery sergeants who are believed to be persons of interest in Rodriguez’s death.
Rick Rodriguez, a former Army Green Beret, was removed from life support at a hospital in Germany on Friday - a decision made by his family
‘Lockheed Martin was saddened to learn of the loss of one of our employees, who was fatally injured while supporting Special Operations Forces within the Operation Inherent Resolve area of operations in a non-combat related incident,’ a company spokesperson said Monday.
‘We are supporting the Naval Criminal Investigation Service as they conduct an investigation into the circumstances of his death.
‘Our thoughts are with his family and friends, and we are committed to supporting them during this difficult time.’
There are conflicting accounts of how the incident unfolded.
The Daily Beast reported that one source claimed it began as an altercation in a gym in the Iraqi town of Erbil.
Another said that the fight began during a shooting competition.
Numerous sources told the news site The Daily Beast that Rodriguez was severely injured during a brawl with U.S. Marines
Whatever the case may be, a disagreement led to a physical altercation involving a group of military enlistees.
Rodriguez was left pummeled to the point of unconsciousness, the web site reported.
Military investigators said they plan on interviewing multiple witnesses who saw what took place.
‘We really don’t know what happened or what’s going on,’ Rodriguez’s aunt, who lives in California, said.
Rodriguez was working as a contractor for American defense firm Lockheed Martin. He was based in the Iraqi town of Erbil
This is just the latest high-profile investigation launched by NCIS into alleged fratricide within the military.
Last year, two Navy SEALs and two Marines were charged in the strangulation death of an Army Green Beret while they were stationed in the African country of Mali.
Staff Sgt Logan Melgar, 34, died from asphyxiation on June 4 after two members of SEAL Team Six allegedly broke into his room while he was sleeping, bound him with duct tape and 'choked him out', according to charging documents.
Melgar was pronounced dead at a French clinic in Bamako, Mali, where the SEALs told investigators he'd been involved in a drunken accident during combat training - though an autopsy revealed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death.
The names were redacted on charging documents released Thursday, but a 2017 Army Criminal Investigation Command report identified the SEALs involved in the incident as Petty Officer Antony DeDolph and Chief Petty Officer Adam Cranston Matthews.
Two US Navy SEALs and two Marines have been charged in the 2017 death of Army Green Beret Logan Melgar (pictured) while they were stationed in the African country of Mali
Last week, Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher, a decorated Navy SEAL, was formally arraigned by a military tribunal on charges of war crimes committed during his service in Iraq
The Navy said in a statement that the service members face charges that include murder, hazing and obstruction of justice.
The service members are also accused of lying to Navy commanders and investigators about what happened.
Two Special Operation sources told the Daily Beast that Melgar discovered the pair of SEALs were skimming off of the top of the dirty military money to keep for themselves.
When he confronted them about it, sources say the pair told Melgar they could get him a cut of the money in return for his silence. He allegedly refused.
Last week, a decorated Navy SEAL was formally arraigned by a military tribunal on charges of war crimes committed during his service in Iraq.
Chief Special Warfare Operator Edward R. Gallagher, 39, has been charged with premediated murder and numerous other offenses in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenage Islamic State prisoner under his care in Iraq in 2017, along with the shooting of unarmed Iraqi civilians.
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