N.Y Woman Fatally Shot by G.I While Standing at Window

[michael_ital]

NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. soldier who authorities said fired his gun in the air after drinking at a relative's house while on leave from the army was arrested on charges he killed a mother of two, prosecutors said.

Pte. Danny Carpio, 23, was being held pending arraignment on charges of second-degree manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the fatal shooting, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said Thursday in a news release.

The 28-year-old victim was standing at her fifth-floor window when the bullet struck her head, killing her instantly. Prosecutors identified the victim as Selina Akthela, though police gave a different spelling for the last name - Akthel - and published reports said it was Akhdar.

"As a result of his thoughtless action, a young woman is now dead and her two small children must face the difficult and heartbreaking chore of adjusting to life empty of their mother's presence," Brown said in a statement.

Brown said Carpio had been drinking at a relative's house before he met with friends outside a Queens apartment complex late Wednesday. Carpio fired his gun three or four times in the air, striking the woman once, Brown said.

The victim's husband, Golam Maola, said he was on the phone with relatives in Bangladesh just before midnight Wednesday when he heard two shots, then found his wife lying in a pool of blood.

The couple's two young children, also in the apartment at the time of the shooting, were unharmed.

Family friends said they had been planning a surprise birthday party for the victim, who was to have turned 29 on Dec. 31.

Prosecutors said Carpio has addresses in Killeen, Texas, and Queens. A spokesman for the district attorney's office said prosecutors would not have information about a lawyer for Carpio until his arraignment.

Army spokeswoman Betsy Weiner said she was looking into the matter.

[LionHeart-112]

Was there Any Isaaqs involved?

[salafi_student]

Some people say Americans are NICE folks with deadly guns!

..and cowboys with out REMORSE!