Military Training Exercise Jade Helm Precipitating Fallout
In Mississippi, gunshots have been fired for two days in a row near the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Perry County, where 4,600 National Guard and Army Reserve troops are participating in the exercise. No one has been arrested, but Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed an order arming some of the military personnel as a precaution, the Clarion-Ledger reports. An unidentified “person of interest” was detained for questioning after shots were fired on Wednesday, The Associated Press reported.
Meanwhile in North Carolina, federal agents assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Charlotte have arrested three suspects, including a previously convicted felon, accused of conspiracy and assorted firearms violations. Charging documents say the trio purchased assorted high-quality military gear and ammunition and were making homemade explosives in anticipation of interacting with Jade Helm troops.
Those suspects, Walter Eugene Litteral, 50, Christopher James Baker, 42, and Christopher Todd Campbell, 30, are scheduled to appear at detention hearings in U.S. District Court in Charlotte on Thursday.
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