Navy SEAL accused of War Crimes found not guilty of Murder

San Diego, CA. — Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was found not guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder of a captive ISIS fighter and attempted murder of civilians in Iraq.

Gallagher, a decorated veteran serving in SEAL Team 7, was convicted of a single charge of posing with the dead body of the Islamic State captive.

Because the maximum sentence he could face was four months and he has spent more time than that in pretrial confinement, he will go free Tuesday.

Gallagher was turned in by his own platoon last spring. Several fellow officers reported that their leader had shot civilians and had killed a captive fighter with a hunting knife during a deployment in Iraq in 2017. He was also charged with obstruction of justice