TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers captured a terrorist gunman after a brief car chase through Mosul Sunday afternoon.
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team were securing an IED they had discovered while patrolling in the city, when they started receiving small arms fire from an unknown source. As they searched the area for the shooter, the patrol took more gunfire from a nearby car.
The Soldiers pursued the car through the city and engaged it with well-aimed rifle fire, causing the driver to lose control and crash. The suspect fled the scene on foot and tried to hide among a group of local men, but the troopers identified the gunman and took him into custody.
Soldiers searched the gunman’s vehicle which tested positive for explosives residue, possibly linking him to the IED which was safely destroyed.
Gunman captured in Mosul
(BOB Press Release)
TIKRIT, Iraq – Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers captured a terrorist gunman after a brief car chase through Mosul Sunday afternoon.
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team were securing an IED they had discovered while patrolling in the city, when they started receiving small arms fire from an unknown source. As they searched the area for the shooter, the patrol took more gunfire from a nearby car.
The Soldiers pursued the car through the city and engaged it with well-aimed rifle fire, causing the driver to lose control and crash. The suspect fled the scene on foot and tried to hide among a group of local men, but the troopers identified the gunman and took him into custody.
Soldiers searched the gunman’s vehicle which tested positive for explosives residue, possibly linking him to the IED which was safely destroyed.
