ECU student charged in Bragg soldier's death
An East Carolina University student surrendered to the Pitt County magistrate Wednesday, one day after he was named a suspect in the stabbing death of an 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper, Greenville police said.
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Christopher W. Brauer, 19, of Durham, was charged with murder, police said. He was being held at the Pitt County jail under a $1 million bond.
Investigators say Brauer stabbed Pfc. Keyonn Parkin, 19, of Wichita, Kan., during an altercation outside a party at the Pirate Place Townhomes, at 1508 S. Charles Blvd., early Saturday.
Brauer allegedly confronted Parkin's friend, Robert Michael Perry, also a Fort Bragg soldier, about a wallet that was taken from one of the bedrooms of the apartment. When Parkin intervened to help Perry, Brauer pulled out a knife and stabbed him, investigators said.
Perry, 19, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor larceny.
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