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This is an update of a thread you all posted to recently.

-CD

Wife Of Fort Bragg Soldier Charged With Murder

POSTED: 6:19 a.m. EDT July 31, 2002
UPDATED: 7:30 a.m. EDT July 31, 2002

FORT BRAGG, NC -- The wife of a Special Operations officer has been charged in his shooting death.

Police charged Joan Shannon Tuesday with first-degree murder and conspiracy in the last week's slaying of Major David Shannon. Police spokesman Lieutenant Tom Guilette says financial gain was believed to be a motive in the crime.

Three of the 40-year-old Shannon's four children and a teenage friend were at home at the time of the shooting. Shannon was shot in the chest and head as he slept.

Joan Shannon told police that she awoke to gunshots about 3 a.m. on July 23. She said she saw an intruder and followed him from the bedroom down a hallway. She was unable to give police a description.

David Shannon had been stationed at Fort Bragg for two years. His death is the most recent of five domestic violence killings involving Fort Bragg soldiers since mid-June.

Previous Stories:

July 26, 2002: Series Of Slayings Shakes Military Community
July 23, 2002: Fort Bragg Major Murdered In Fayetteville Home
July 23, 2002: Military Concerned About Domestic Violence Cases Involving Soldiers

Wife of soldier arrested in shooting

The Associated Press
July 31, 2002 12:41 am

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The wife of an Army Special Operations officer at Fort Bragg has been charged in the shooting death of her husband.

Joan Shannon was charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the July 23 shooting death of Maj. David Shannon.

"We believe financial gain is one of the primary motives of the crime," said Lt. Tom Guilette of the Fayetteville Police Department.

Three of Shannon's four children and a teenage friend were at home at the time of the shooting. Shannon was shot in the chest and head as he slept, police said.

Joan Shannon told police that she awoke to gunshots about 3 a.m. She said she saw an intruder and followed him from the bedroom down a hallway. She was unable to give police a description.

David Shannon, 40, had served in the Army since 1987 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command. He had been at Fort Bragg two years.

Joan Shannon had worked as a loan receptionist at the Fort Bragg Credit Union about a year, said her supervisor, Mae Davis. Davis said workers there raised about $500 for Joan Shannon and her family after her husband's death.

David Shannon's death is the most recent domestic-related homicide with a connection to Fort Bragg in the past six weeks. Four Fort Bragg wives have been killed, allegedly by their husbands, since June 11. Fort Bragg officials say they are looking closely at the cases in an effort to determine whether military life contributed to the slayings.

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aaaaaah-HA!!! I'm not surprised at all. Whenever a married person gets killed in their own home, you wouldn't lose too much money if you bet on the spouse every time.

I still think it's the Fayette Cong

Thanks for the update. So the wife did it afterall.

Thanks for the follow-up news item. Just as many of us suspected...but initially uncertain of motive.

"Fatal Vision," in reverse. Figures.

Thanks, CD for the update. The wife. What a shame. Hmm?........

David Shannon's death is the most recent domestic-related homicide with a connection to Fort Bragg in the past six weeks. Four Fort Bragg wives have been killed, allegedly by their husbands, since June 11. Fort Bragg officials say they are looking closely at the cases in an effort to determine whether military life contributed to the slayings.

What's with all these guys shooting their wives at this base? It makes me

wonder if she felt threatened or something? Article says for financial gain, so
I guess that means life insurance.