by Emily Crane at New York Post
The US Army sergeant accused of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Georgia’s Fort Stewart base reportedly sent an ominous text to a relative right before the shooting — warning that he’d be in a “better place” soon.
Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, is accused of shooting five soldiers at the Army base Wednesday before he was quickly tackled by other troops, officials said.
In the lead up to the violence, Radford had apparently fired off a text to an aunt saying that “he loved everybody and that he’ll be in a better place because he was about to go and do something,” The New York Times reported.
Authorities are still probing a motive for the shooting and refused to speculate on what could have triggered Radford — an active-duty sergeant specializing in automated logistics.
His father, Eddie Radford, told the Times that the sergeant had recently been trying to get a transfer and had complained to his family in the past of racism at the base where he’d been stationed for years.
He added that his son didn’t have a history of serious mental illness but had struggled in the past with depression after his mom died when he was a child…
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