(FORT BRAGG)-- The investigation continues into the fatal shooting of a Lieutenant Colonel by a servicemen who also killed himself at Fort Bragg Thursday. The soldier shot and killed at Fort Bragg was identified on Friday as Lt. Colonel Roy Tisdale.
The subject of a criminal investigation has been identified as Spc. Ricky G.
Elder, an infantryman from Hutchinson, Kansas. He died of self-inflicted
injuries after receiving treatment at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in
Fayetteville, N.C.
Elder was recently charged with larceny of a toolkit valued at $1,700 and
was pending court martial for that charge. Charges had been referred but
his hearing had not been scheduled.
Tisdale graduated from Texas A&M University in 1993 and was commissioned as
an infantry officer. He joined the 525th BfSB in April 2009 and deployed to
Afghanistan in command of his battalion from July 2010 to March 2011.
Tisdale's previous assignments include 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Brigade
and 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, Ga.; 1st Battalion,
509th Infantry Regiment and the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk,
La.; and the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart,
Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal,
Joint Military Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Meritorious Unit
Citation, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO
Medal, Air Assault, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge and
Senior Parachutist Badge.
Elder, 27, enlisted in the Army in 2004 and was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
509th Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska; and 1st Battalion, 29th
Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; before being assigned to 525th BfSB in
June 2010.
Lt. Colonel Tisdale was shot by a fellow officer who then turned the gun on himself. Spc. Michael E. Latham was also injured in the attack. Army Chaplains and mental health counselors immediately rushed to the scene of Thursday's shooting that killed one victim, the shooter, and wounded another soldier during a safety briefing. Fort Bragg Public Affairs Officer Colonel Kevin Arata tells ABC11 that mental health and grief counseling will be key to the soldiers' gathering their strength and pick up the pieces.
The subject of a criminal investigation has been identified as Spc. Ricky G.
Elder, an infantryman from Hutchinson, Kansas. He died of self-inflicted
injuries after receiving treatment at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in
Fayetteville, N.C.
Elder was recently charged with larceny of a toolkit valued at $1,700 and
was pending court martial for that charge. Charges had been referred but
his hearing had not been scheduled.
Tisdale graduated from Texas A&M University in 1993 and was commissioned as
an infantry officer. He joined the 525th BfSB in April 2009 and deployed to
Afghanistan in command of his battalion from July 2010 to March 2011.
Tisdale's previous assignments include 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Brigade
and 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Brigade, Fort Benning, Ga.; 1st Battalion,
509th Infantry Regiment and the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk,
La.; and the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg.
His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart,
Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal,
Joint Military Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Meritorious Unit
Citation, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on
Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO
Medal, Air Assault, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge and
Senior Parachutist Badge.
Elder, 27, enlisted in the Army in 2004 and was assigned to 3rd Battalion,
509th Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska; and 1st Battalion, 29th
Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga.; before being assigned to 525th BfSB in
June 2010.
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