Mom of GI killed in clinic shooting seeks info

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Mom of GI killed in clinic shooting seeks info

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Jul 15, 2009 12:55:19 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.

But she says the Army didn't provide her with any new information, noting that the investigation is still ongoing.

Machlinski wants to know what the Army knows, but she says she will have a hard time believing what officials say.

Sgt. John M. Russell has been charged in the fatal shooting of five U.S. soldiers, including Yates, at a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad.

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The Associated Press reported May 12 that one of the victims of the Camp Liberty shooting was Michael Edward Yates Jr., 19, of Federalsburg, Md. In a photo provided by his family, he is shown here with his son, Kamren.

COURTESY OF YATES FAMILY VIA STAR-DEMOCRAT (EASTON, MD.) The Associated Press reported May 12 that one of the victims of the Camp Liberty shooting was Michael Edward Yates Jr., 19, of Federalsburg, Md. In a photo provided by his family, he is shown here with his son, Kamren.

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