{"id":53702,"date":"2014-07-11T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=53702"},"modified":"2014-07-11T09:54:06","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T13:54:06","slug":"tennessee-guardsman-killed-in-armory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=53702","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Guardsman killed in armory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parachutecutie sends us a link to the story<\/a> of a Tennessee National Guardsman, Sergeant First Class Michael Braden who was shot while he was at work in an armory. Police suspect 15-year-old Christopher Farrar who was booted from school for drug use;<\/p>\n

Sgt. Braden, from Ripley, Tenn., was a Readiness Non-commissioned Officer (NCO) who coordinated day-to-day activities and schedules at the armory.<\/p>\n

He joined the Army National Guard in 1987 and was deployed twice to Kuwait with a transportation company out of Brownsville.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Ripley High School, Sgt. Braden is survived by his wife Jennifer and their three children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the teen’s family doesn’t think he did it, even though several other weapons were found at the home where he staying;<\/p>\n

News 2 talked exclusively with Farrar’s aunt, Rebecca Chambers, who said her heart goes out to the victim’s family, but she does not believe her nephew is behind the senseless act.<\/p>\n

“We will leave it to the investigators to do their job and hopefully find the right person. I just can’t believe that Christopher is responsible for this,\u201d Chambers said.<\/p>\n

She explained Farrar was living with her and his grandmother for the summer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, if our justice system relied solely on the testimony of the accused perpetrator’s families, our jails would be empty. One of the last things that SFC Braden had done<\/a> before his death was to drop off his son at the recruiter’s office to turn the youngster over to the Army for basic training;<\/p>\n