Sgt. La David Johnson May Have Been Captured: Report

MIAMI, FL — Army Sgt. La David Johnson who was killed during an apparent ambush in Niger, may have been captured and executed, according to a newspaper report. The Washington Post quoted two villagers in a story released Friday evening. The villagers told the paper that Johnson's arms were tied and he had suffered a gaping wound to the back of his head.

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Hundreds of family members, friends and fellow soldiers bid farewell to Johnson last month following a tumultuous war of words that pitted President Trump, his chief of staff and press secretary against a Miami-area congresswoman over what has traditionally been a formality: the commander-in-chief setting five minutes aside to console a grief-stricken widow.

His body was reportedly found about a mile away from the bodies of three other U.S. servicemen killed in the attack.

“The back of his head was a mess, as if they had hit him with something hard, like a hammer,” Mounkaila Alassane, who was identified as the village chief of Tongo Tongo told The Post. “They took his shoes. He was wearing only socks.”

Photo of Sgt. La David Johnson courtesy GoFundMe