Bat Boy Killed/Murdered/Suicide in DC AREA....Any info?
Bat Boy Killed/Murdered/Suicide in DC AREA....Any info?
I just heard on the 6pm DC local news that a Ranger from the Army's 75th Ranger Regt. was found dead in Gaithersburg, MD late Tuesday night. Does anyone have further information? Trying to find funeral arrangements to be there. Thanks!
Charlie "Rock" 3/75th RGR RGT('87-'91)
Ranger Class 14-89
Ranger Class 14-89
From Tha WashingtonPost.com
Here's the info from the Paper yesterday:
Home From Afghanistan, Soldier Found Dead
By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 28, 2006; B05
After three tours in Afghanistan, Army Ranger Michael Anthony McQueen was weeks away from a new life out of the Army, and gearing up to start college.
"He was a great young man," a vigorous athlete who had matured enormously during his stints in war zones, said his father, Mike. "He had a bright future."
McQueen, 22, was found dead of gunshot wounds Tuesday morning in his Gaithersburg apartment, according to a law enforcement source.
Montgomery County police discovered McQueen's body in his second-story apartment at the Streamside Apartments in the 400 block of North Summit Avenue after his roommate called police.
Police spokesman Derek Baliles said last night that investigators have not conclusively determined the cause of death. In a news release, police described the incident as "suspicious." Investigators were trying to determine yesterday whether McQueen shot himself or was slain.
Ray Moon, 42, who lives in the building, said he heard doors being slammed at McQueen's unit early Tuesday, and then he saw McQueen's roommate race from the building. "He comes out here with his cellphone, crying in hysterics," Moon said. "He was talking about some Army buddy of his."
Police arrived quickly, entered the apartment and interviewed the roommate, Moon said. Officers stayed at the apartment building for several hours.
Mike McQueen, who visited the apartment yesterday afternoon with homicide detectives, said his son's roommate had been the young man's sergeant. McQueen declined to comment further, saying detectives have asked him not to discuss details of the case.
The roommate could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The two soldiers moved into the apartment recently, according to neighbors. McQueen, who enlisted in 2002, was scheduled to leave the Army next month, his father said.
In Afghanistan, McQueen, a specialist with the 75th Ranger Regiment based at Fort Benning, Ga., worked primarily gathering intelligence, his father said. The 75th Regiment is an elite light-infantry unit. "He did a lot of intelligence reports," said McQueen, 49, a journalist who heads the New Orleans bureau of the Associated Press. "He talked to informants."
The younger McQueen was born in Tallahassee and raised in South Florida. He graduated from North Miami Beach High School, where he played football, his father said. He joined the Army on a whim, his father said, following high school friends who had enrolled.
"In high school he was your typical kid. He chased girls, played a little sports, didn't take things too seriously," his father said. But after a few months in the Army, "he came back home and he was really a man."
McQueen, who was 6 feet 2, put on nearly 35 pounds of muscle while in the Army and got a coveted assignment with one of its most prestigious units, his father said.
"He became enamored by the discipline in military life," he said.
McQueen returned to the United States about a month and a half ago and was getting ready to start classes at the University of the District of Columbia, where he was thinking of majoring in political science, possibly as a steppingstone to apply to law school, his father said.
McQueen is also survived by his mother, Glenda, 50, and a brother, Otto, 19.
© 2006 The Washington Post Company
Home From Afghanistan, Soldier Found Dead
By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 28, 2006; B05
After three tours in Afghanistan, Army Ranger Michael Anthony McQueen was weeks away from a new life out of the Army, and gearing up to start college.
"He was a great young man," a vigorous athlete who had matured enormously during his stints in war zones, said his father, Mike. "He had a bright future."
McQueen, 22, was found dead of gunshot wounds Tuesday morning in his Gaithersburg apartment, according to a law enforcement source.
Montgomery County police discovered McQueen's body in his second-story apartment at the Streamside Apartments in the 400 block of North Summit Avenue after his roommate called police.
Police spokesman Derek Baliles said last night that investigators have not conclusively determined the cause of death. In a news release, police described the incident as "suspicious." Investigators were trying to determine yesterday whether McQueen shot himself or was slain.
Ray Moon, 42, who lives in the building, said he heard doors being slammed at McQueen's unit early Tuesday, and then he saw McQueen's roommate race from the building. "He comes out here with his cellphone, crying in hysterics," Moon said. "He was talking about some Army buddy of his."
Police arrived quickly, entered the apartment and interviewed the roommate, Moon said. Officers stayed at the apartment building for several hours.
Mike McQueen, who visited the apartment yesterday afternoon with homicide detectives, said his son's roommate had been the young man's sergeant. McQueen declined to comment further, saying detectives have asked him not to discuss details of the case.
The roommate could not be reached for comment yesterday.
The two soldiers moved into the apartment recently, according to neighbors. McQueen, who enlisted in 2002, was scheduled to leave the Army next month, his father said.
In Afghanistan, McQueen, a specialist with the 75th Ranger Regiment based at Fort Benning, Ga., worked primarily gathering intelligence, his father said. The 75th Regiment is an elite light-infantry unit. "He did a lot of intelligence reports," said McQueen, 49, a journalist who heads the New Orleans bureau of the Associated Press. "He talked to informants."
The younger McQueen was born in Tallahassee and raised in South Florida. He graduated from North Miami Beach High School, where he played football, his father said. He joined the Army on a whim, his father said, following high school friends who had enrolled.
"In high school he was your typical kid. He chased girls, played a little sports, didn't take things too seriously," his father said. But after a few months in the Army, "he came back home and he was really a man."
McQueen, who was 6 feet 2, put on nearly 35 pounds of muscle while in the Army and got a coveted assignment with one of its most prestigious units, his father said.
"He became enamored by the discipline in military life," he said.
McQueen returned to the United States about a month and a half ago and was getting ready to start classes at the University of the District of Columbia, where he was thinking of majoring in political science, possibly as a steppingstone to apply to law school, his father said.
McQueen is also survived by his mother, Glenda, 50, and a brother, Otto, 19.
© 2006 The Washington Post Company
Charlie "Rock" 3/75th RGR RGT('87-'91)
Ranger Class 14-89
Ranger Class 14-89
May he Rest in Peace.
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SPC McQueen and I were good buddies, we deployed together last year. The latest that I have heard is that they have his roommate, Smith, in custody. Smith was also an intel analyst here at Regiment a couple years back. I wish I would have seen this post earlier, or my wife would have told me it was here. His family had the viewing at a funeral home in FL on the 8th, and he had his final burrying at Arlington on the 12th. RIP
So whats the deal, find anything out?RgrGoalie wrote:I am still trying to find out, I used to be on the Police Department here locally so I am going to try a few of my department contacts to get more information. I will avise ASAP...
This sounds fishy!RgrGoalie wrote:McQueen, 22, was found dead of gunshot (wounds) Tuesday morning in his Gaithersburg apartment, according to a law enforcement source.
RIP, Ranger.
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Arrest made in death of Army Ranger
An arrest has been made in connection to the death of Michael Anthony McQueen, 22, who was found dead in his Gaithersburg, Md., apartment in September.
Gary James Smith, 24, was arrested and charged today with first-degree murder for the Army Ranger's death by Montgomery County Md., police.
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An arrest has been made in connection to the death of Michael Anthony McQueen, 22, who was found dead in his Gaithersburg, Md., apartment in September.
Gary James Smith, 24, was arrested and charged today with first-degree murder for the Army Ranger's death by Montgomery County Md., police.
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