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Active duty Fort Bragg soldier charged in deadly SC shooting

An active duty Fort Bragg soldier has been charged in connection to the shooting of a 21-year-old Fayetteville woman in South Carolina, WMBF reports.

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Nick Doria
, WMBF News
LONGS, S.C. — An active duty Fort Bragg soldier has been charged in connection to the shooting of a 21-year-old Fayetteville woman in South Carolina, WMBF reports.

De-Erica Fisher was shot to death Sunday afternoon in a field near Highway 9 in Longs, which is near North Myrtle Beach on the North Carolina-South Carolina line, according to police.

Yunique Weathers, 22, was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. WMBF reports that she is an army specialist assigned to the 503rd Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade.
Police found Weathers clearing the chamber of her gun and tossing it to the ground. She then immediately put her hands behind her back, police told WMBF.

Both Weathers and Fisher are from Fayetteville.