Jordan releases security footage of shooting of 3 US troops


              FILE - In this fall of 2013 file photo, 27-year-old Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty of Kerrville, Texas, poses after graduating from special forces training in the U.S. Army Green Beret. Moriarty was one of three American soldiers killed in a Jordanian air base. Jordan’s military has released a security camera video of the shooting last year in which a Jordanian soldier killed three U.S. military trainers at the entrance to an air base in the kingdom. (AP photo courtesy of James Moriarty, File)
FILE - In this fall of 2013 file photo, 27-year-old Staff Sgt. James F. Moriarty of Kerrville, Texas, poses after graduating from special forces training in the U.S. Army Green Beret. Moriarty was one of three American soldiers killed in a Jordanian air base. Jordan’s military has released a security camera video of the shooting last year in which a Jordanian soldier killed three U.S. military trainers at the entrance to an air base in the kingdom. (AP photo courtesy of James Moriarty, File)

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan's military has released security camera footage of a shooting last year in which a Jordanian soldier killed three U.S. military trainers at the entrance to an air base in the kingdom.

The video had previously been shown to the families of the U.S. Army Green Berets by U.S. law enforcement but had not been made public until Monday.

The footage confirmed descriptions previously given by the relatives. It shows the U.S. convoy coming under fire at the entrance to the base. Two figures, presumably U.S. troops, are seen exiting their vehicles to take cover. They raise their hands and wave, but the shooting continues.

Another figure, according to past descriptions the Jordanian, chases them and keeps shooting.

A Jordanian court has sentenced him to life in prison.

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