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Updated at 2:52 p.m., Thursday, April 17, 2008

MURDER TRIAL
Soldier's murder trial set for April 23

Advertiser Staff

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Spc. Christopher Shore is seen here with his attorney, Michael Waddington, heading toward the courthouse on Wheeler Army Airfield last fall. Shore was convicted of aggravated assault in the fatal shooting of an Iraqi man last year. A trial for Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales in the killing is set for April 23.

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Start of trial in the court martial for a Schofield Barracks soldier accused of shooting an unarmed Iraqi detainee on a recent deployment has been set for April 23, the Army said today.

Sgt. 1st Class Trey Corrales will be tried at court-martial on charges including premeditated murder.

In addition to the premeditated murder charge, Corrales, 35, also faces a charge of wrongfully soliciting another soldier to shoot the Iraqi.

Additionally, the San Antonio man is accused of impeding a military investigation by causing an AK-47 rifle to be placed near the victim after he had been shot.

A court-martial date of Feb. 19 previously was set for another Schofield Barracks soldier accused of shooting the Iraqi man after being ordered to do so by Corrales, the Army had said.

Corrales and Spc. Christopher Shore, 25, of Winder, Ga., are accused of shooting the Iraqi man on June 23 after a raid in the village of al Saheed outside Kirkuk. The soldiers were looking for insurgents planting roadside bombs.

Corrales, is accused of shooting the unarmed Iraqi multiple times, and then ordering Shore to "finish" him.

Instead of carrying out the order, Shore said he fired two shots next to the detainee's head in the dirt "to defuse the situation."

Shore was charged with third-degree murder - roughly equivalent to a civilian manslaughter charge - but was convicted of aggravated assault.

On Feb. 20, he was sentenced to 120 days' confinement, received a reprimand and was reduced in rank, officials said.

The soldiers are with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment.