...admitted to them, he and Eastridge would often shoot at Iraqi civilians while patrolling Baghdad

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http://www.wrex.com/News/index.php?ID=25439

GI Arrested in Murders Claims He & Fellow Soldier Fired on Civilians in Iraq

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - A soldier accused in the murder of a Roscoe man. claims he and another GI randomly shot at civilians while serving in Iraq.

Kenneth Eastridge and Louis Bressler are charged with murder in the death of Army Specialist Kevin Shields. He grew up in the Rockford area and went to Jefferson High School.

Bruce Bastien is accused of being an accessory to that murder. But he and Eastridge are also charged in the shooting death of another soldier, Robert James.

When the men were arrested, police say Bastien admitted to them, he and Eastridge would often shoot at Iraqi civilians while patrolling Baghdad.