Guardsman charged in fatal shooting of soldier at Georgia base

AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Nationwide Guard solider appeared in federal courtroom Monday charged with homicide in a weekend taking pictures that left an Military Reserve soldier lifeless and triggered a lockdown at a Georgia navy base.

Natravien Landry, 25, made an preliminary courtroom look earlier than a federal Justice of the Peace decide in Augusta, based on U.S. District Court docket information. He’s charged with killing Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. on Saturday morning at a house on Fort Eisenhower, the place Landry served in a Georgia Nationwide Guard transportation unit.

Commanders at Fort Eisenhower, house to the U.S. Military Cyber Command, ordered a two-hour lockdown due to the taking pictures. Afterward, they gave few particulars, saying an individual had been arrested in an “remoted” deadly taking pictures on the Military publish adjoining Augusta.

An Military investigator’s affidavit filed in courtroom gave additional particulars.

Landry was on obligation Saturday and was taking a break when he went to the on-base house of a former girlfriend and confronted and fatally shot one other man who had spent the evening there, based on the affidavit.

Military Cyber Heart of Excellence officers recognized Stewart because the sufferer Monday.

Stewart joined the Military in 2019 and served on energetic obligation as a human useful resource specialist, based on officers. He later transitioned to the Military Reserve in 2023 and was a member of the four-hundredth Army Police Brigade at Fort Meade, Maryland.

“Our Fort Eisenhower staff suffered a tragedy this weekend. Our ideas and prayers are with a grieving household. I stay targeted on supporting anyone impacted — instantly or not directly — by this incident,” mentioned Maj. Gen. Ryan Janovic, commanding normal of Cyber Heart of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower, in a press release Monday. “I commend the swift motion of our whole staff and our group companions, who collectively are dedicated to security, safety, and take care of these in ache.”

David Stewart, listed in courtroom information as Landry’s lawyer, didn’t instantly return cellphone and electronic mail messages Monday.

Landry fled in a automotive and was arrested later Saturday by sheriff’s deputies in Meriwether County, about 180 miles from the bottom. The affidavit mentioned Landry threw a 9mm handgun from the automotive’s window after being pulled over and admitted to the taking pictures when questioned by an Military investigator.

Army Instances editor Beth Sullivan contributed to this report.