![]() ![]() Rugh wrote that a witness saw the girl in the flower hijab grab her stomach and fall to the ground, apparently shot. ![]() The girls' faces were uncovered and one was wearing a gray dress and a flower-print hijab. On another day at those same towers, another SEAL told investigators he saw four young girls "sneaking" along a path commonly used by people trying to escape ISIS, Rugh wrote. Rugh wrote that the witnesses heard Gallagher say on a radio, "You two missed him, but I got him." They heard a shot, saw a red stain appear on the man's back and then the man fell. The two SEALs in the tower opposite Gallagher's told investigators they saw an man in his 70's or 80's near a river. Other witnesses, also fellow SEALs, told investigators in some detail how they saw Gallagher shoot an old man on Father's Day in 2017, Rugh wrote.Īccording to Rugh, three SEALs accompanied Gallagher to two towers in Mosul, Iraq, and assumed sniper positions, two in each tower. Rugh said Gallagher included a message with the photo: "Good story behind this, got him with my hunting knife." When the CWO warned Gallagher against sending incriminating photos, Gallagher allegedly said "yeah, that's the only one and I only trust you." In his ruling Rugh said that in May, 2018, Gallagher sent a photo of himself posing with the dead prisoner's corpse to another SEAL, a Chief Warrant Officer. The ruling said that after the deployment, Gallagher told another SEAL, who is now a Master Chief, that he stabbed the prisoner after the prisoner became aggressive and tried to grab someone's weapon. Rugh wrote that one member heard Gallagher say that if he found out who spoke against him, he'd kill them.Īt another meeting the next night, Gallagher allegedly went into another witness's room and asked for the names of "any platoon member who disagreed with (his) actions," Rugh wrote. Later that day, members of the platoon met to discuss Gallagher's actions. One told investigators the stabbing was unprovoked by the prisoner. Three Navy SEALs - all of whom have been granted immunity for their testimony - say they saw Gallagher stab the prisoner several times in the neck using a "unique knife (he) typically carried on his back," Rugh wrote. ![]()
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