Showing posts with label Shawna Machlinski. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shawna Machlinski. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Mom of GI killed in Camp Liberty clinic shooting seeks info

Mom of GI killed in clinic shooting seeks info

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 15, 2009 14:05:38 EDT

FEDERALSBURG, Md. — The mother of a Maryland soldier killed with four others in a shooting at a mental health clinic in Iraq says she wants to know more about how her son died.

Shawna Machlinski says she filed a Freedom of Information Act request last month to get more details about the May shooting in which her son, 19-year-old Pfc. Michael Yates Jr. of Federalsburg, was killed.

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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_mom_soldier_death_071509/

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Slain GI's mom has anger, sympathy for suspect

Slain GI's mom has anger, sympathy for suspect
The mother of one of the American service members killed in a military stress clinic shooting in Baghdad said Wednesday she harbors "mixed emotions" toward the attacker who killed her son.

"I feel for him, but at the same time I am very angry at him," said Shawna Machlinski, mother of slain Pfc. Michael E. Yates Jr. Sgt. John M. Russell has been charged with five counts of murder in the killings. full story