A soldier from Loxley stationed at Fort Bragg was killed in a wreck according to Fort Bragg officials. According to a news release three Fort Bragg soldiers were killed and two were injured in a single vehicle traffic accident Sunday night. The accident which occurred around 10:25 p.m. on Gruber Road near Knox Street, killed nineteen-year-old, Private First Class, Desmon Desmond Morrisette of Loxley. The other two soldiers killed have been identified as 19-year-old Shelly Monique Brown of New Orleans and 18-year-old Alexander Llewelyn Thomas of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Injured in the accident were 24-year-old Spc. Kern Kevon Barrow from Casselberry, Fla. and 19-year-old Pfc. Tashara Nicole Bell of Chesapeake, VA. All were assigned to the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg.

Loxley Soldier Killed