Two army women found dead in Texas were identified as 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Jessica Mitchell (San Antonio) and 19-year-old Pfc. Asia M. Graham (El Paso), according to military officials.
The back-to-back deaths come just four months after two congressional committees launched probes into the high number of deaths at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, in 2020.
Fort Bliss soldier among 2 Army women found dead in Texas in recent days
Mitchell, a drill sergeant assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center for Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was shot to death around 2:30 a.m. on New Year's Day while driving on Interstate 10 in San Antonio.
Firefighters discovered Mitchell with multiple gunshot wounds after responding to what they initially thought was a car crash, police said. She was taken to University Hospital San Antonio, where she was pronounced dead around 3 a.m., police said.
No arrests have been made and police are investigating if Mitchell was targeted.
On New Year's Eve, Pfc. Asia Graham was found unresponsive in her barracks room at Fort Bliss in El Paso and pronounced dead by emergency personnel. On Monday, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command told ABC-7 that foul play is not suspected in Graham's death, although the determination of her cause of death is still pending an autopsy.
The back-to-back deaths come just four months after two congressional committees launched probes into the high number of deaths at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, in 2020.
Fort Bliss soldier among 2 Army women found dead in Texas in recent days
Mitchell, a drill sergeant assigned to the U.S. Army Medical Center for Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, was shot to death around 2:30 a.m. on New Year's Day while driving on Interstate 10 in San Antonio.
Firefighters discovered Mitchell with multiple gunshot wounds after responding to what they initially thought was a car crash, police said. She was taken to University Hospital San Antonio, where she was pronounced dead around 3 a.m., police said.
No arrests have been made and police are investigating if Mitchell was targeted.
On New Year's Eve, Pfc. Asia Graham was found unresponsive in her barracks room at Fort Bliss in El Paso and pronounced dead by emergency personnel. On Monday, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command told ABC-7 that foul play is not suspected in Graham's death, although the determination of her cause of death is still pending an autopsy.
