Abbeville National Guard soldier arrested for murder

A National Guard soldier in Georgia is facing murder charges after allegedly shooting and killing a man he found with the mother of his child.
Natravien Landry, 25, of Abbeville, an Army National Guard soldier assigned to the 1148th Transportation Company at Fort Eisenhower, is charged with one count of murder, Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, said in a statement.
The victim was identified by Fort Eisenhower as U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr., Stars and Stripes, WRDW, and The Augusta Press report.
“Our Fort Eisenhower team suffered a tragedy this weekend. Our thoughts and prayers are with a grieving family,” Maj. Gen. Ryan Janovic, commanding general of the Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower, said in a statement obtained by Stars and Stripes. “I commend the swift action of our entire team and our community partners, who together are committed to safety, security, and care for those in pain.”
The victim – Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. of Clarksville, Tenn., an Army reservist out of Fort Meade, Md. – died at a hospital about an hour after being shot in the chest around 7:30 a.m. Saturday in a family housing unit on the post, according to investigators.
The suspect – Natravien Landry, 25, a guardsman from Abbeville, La. – is accused of fatally shooting Stewart. He was arrested south of Atlanta three hours after the shooting.
Stewart’s family wants to make sure how he died does not define the life he lived and the person he was.
“We are a faith-driven family,” said Debra Garner, Stewart’s cousin. “He was raised in a church, his mother is one of faith as well as his uncle who is a bishop. I’m a pastor, and he’s always been surrounded by strong role models and people who believe in the Lord.”
His family calls him a gentle giant with a heart of gold and unshakeable faith.
On Saturday, Dec. 14, Landry allegedly visited the residence in post housing at Fort Eisenhower of a woman with whom Landry has a child, the U.S. Attorney said.
“Landry is accused of assaulting and shooting a man who was with the woman in her residence, and then leaving Fort Eisenhower,” the U.S. Attorney said in the statement.
Per an Army investigator’s affidavit obtained by ABC News, Landry confronted a man who had spent the night at his ex’s home, assaulting and fatally shooting him.
Landry was arrested about three hours later south of Atlanta on Interstate 85 during a traffic stop by the Meriwether County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies recovered a 9 mm pistol during the stop, the statement alleges. The U.S. Marshals Service took Landry into custody and took him to the Lincoln County Jail to await a court hearing.