Army: Fort Bragg paratrooper found dead in Fayetteville

A Fort Bragg paratrooper was found dead Thursday morning in Fayetteville, Army officials said.

Pfc. Connor T. Brown, 19, of Indiana, was a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division. Authorities are investigating the incident.

Brown joined the Army in June 2016 and was later assigned to the Fayetteville post.

"Connor Brown was among the young men and women who volunteered to serve his Nation in a time of war and for that we are forever grateful," Lt. Col. Robert McChrystal, commander of the 1st Battalion, 508th PIR, said in a news release. "We now turn our attention to his family in their time of need."