Fort Carson Soldier Convicted Of Murder
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- A Fort Carson soldier has been convicted of first-degree murder with extreme indifference and second-degree murder in a random drive-by shooting outside a store in Colorado Springs.
Frank Lee Miller was also convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Christopher Harmon last September. The Gazette reports that 20-year-old Miller was immediately sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Authorities say Miller was driving the car from which the shots were fired and didn't pull the trigger. But a fellow soldier testified Miller orchestrated the killing by handing a gun to then 17-year-old Jordan Ellis and ordering him to shoot.
Ellis has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and is scheduled to be tried Oct. 31.
Miller served in Afghanistan from May 2009 to June 2010.
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