An Army sergeant 1st class from Schofield Barracks is accused of shooting an Iraqi detainee multiple times with his rifle, and then directing a subordinate soldier to also shoot the man, an Army charge sheet in their murder case states.

Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales, of San Antonio, and Spc. Christopher P. Shore of Winder, Ga., were charged with one count of premeditated murder in the death of the unidentified man, which allegedly occurred June 23 in Al Saheed near the northern city of Kirkuk, according to a charge sheet obtained by The Advertiser.

Shore also is accused in the charge sheet with shooting the detainee multiple times with his rifle.

The soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, which is part of the 25th Infantry Division. The unit is attached to Multinational Division-North.

The battalion commander, Lt. Col. Michael Browder, was relieved of his command in connection with the investigation although he is not a suspect and has not been charged, the military said.

Jeffrey J. Corrales of San Antonio earlier this week said his brother, Trey, is a 14-year Army veteran who has earned two Bronze Stars and an Audie Murphy award for combat performance in Afghanistan.

Trey Corrales would never kill without justification, his brother said.

"This is ridiculous what they're doing to him," Jeffrey Corrales said by phone. "Of course I stand behind my brother 100 percent."

Corrales said his brother's wife, Lily, is an Army veteran and that the couple reside on the Aliamanu Military Reservation with their two children.

Multinational Division-North, the northern Iraq command headed by Maj. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon, who also commands the 25th Infantry Division in Hawai'i, released the charge sheet yesterday.

Corrales is at Forward Operating Base McHenry, about 30 miles southwest of Kirkuk, while Shore is at Kirkuk Airbase. Both have limited duties and are under supervision.

A sergeant 1st class often is a platoon sergeant who commands several staff sergeants.

Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Shore and Corrales could receive the death penalty if convicted by a court-martial.

Shore's mother, Debra Kessler, said she did not want to comment when The Associated Press reached her by phone yesterday.

Lt. Col. Michael Donnelly, a spokesman for Multinational Division-North, said by e-mail earlier this week that an Article 32 hearing, similar to a civilian grand jury proceeding, would be held "in the near future," but that no date had been set.

The hearing will determine whether the case moves to court-martial. If it does, Donnelly said the trial likely would take place at Schofield Barracks.

Lt. Col. Samuel Whitehurst was appointed the new commander for the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry.

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