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  Tillman killed by friendly fire

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  Pat Tillman

  
  

  Billy House
  Republic Washington Bureau
  May. 29, 2004 12:00 AM

  
  

  
  

  WASHINGTON - Pat Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinals football player who died in April while a U.S. soldier fighting in Afghanistan, likely was killed by friendly fire, an Army investigation has concluded.
  
  "It does seem pretty clear that he was killed by friendly fire," said Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., a member of the House Armed Services Committee, which was alerted to the information by the Army's Legislative Liaison Office.
  
  The Army did not specify who fired the shot or shots that killed Tillman.
  
  Officials at the Pentagon and at Central Command headquarters in Tampa, late Friday declined to provide more details of the investigation's findings.

  
  

   

  
  

   

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