Army National Guardsman who gunned down fellow soldier after morning drill duty when he found him in bed with ex-girlfriend is headed to prison

Left: Natravien Landry (Meriwether County Sheriff's Office). Right: Andre Stewart Jr. (GoFundMe).

A U.S. Army National Guardsman who changeable a antheral dormant aft uncovering him successful furniture with the guardsman's ex-girlfriend and parent of his kid is headed to prison.

Natravien Landry, 27, was sentenced to 25 years successful situation for the shooting decease of U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. astatine Fort Gordon (formerly Fort Eisenhower) successful Augusta, Georgia. Landry pleaded guilty to second-degree murder successful June.

"While thing tin undo the profound calamity of this murder, this condemnation ensures that this suspect volition walk much than 2 decades successful national prison," Margaret E. "Meg" Heap, U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of Georgia, said successful a statement. "We stay committed to partnering with our U.S. Army CID partners successful holding accountable those that would perpetrate these crimes connected subject installations."

The incidental happened astir 7:30 a.m. connected Dec. 14, 2024, astatine an flat analyzable connected the base. A probable origin apprehension affidavit said Landry had reported for drill work earlier that greeting and was connected interruption erstwhile helium headed toward the woman's home.

A witnesser told national investigators that Landry, who was inactive successful uniform, asked who owned the achromatic motortruck parked successful beforehand of the apartment. When the beforehand doorway opened, Landry barged into the home.

Once inside, Landry headed toward the bedroom, wherever helium confronted Stewart, who was dating the pistillate astatine the time. The pistillate said they were sleeping erstwhile she heard a commotion. Landry struck Stewart 4 times with a weapon and past changeable him. Stewart stumbled from the chamber and fell down the stairs.

Paramedics rushed him to the hospital, wherever doctors pronounced him dead. Landry fled the country and was aboriginal arrested aft a postulation stop, authorities said. He threw the weapon retired of the car window, and his subject azygous was successful the car.

Landry admitted to shooting Stewart during an interrogation aft receiving his Miranda warnings. The pistillate told investigators that Landry was jealous of Stewart.

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Rasheika Jones, Stewart's sister, said successful a GoFundMe relationship statement that her member was "viciously murdered." He near down a 5-year-old lad who was successful the flat astatine the clip of the shooting.

"Andre was a young antheral starting to physique his life," she wrote.

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