
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Chicago man was among two U.S. soldiers killed during a shooting at a prison in Afghanistan last weekend, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Master Sgt. Wilberto Sabalu Jr., 36, of Chicago and Col. James W. Harrison, 47, of Missouri died Sunday at Pul-e-Charkhi, about 20 miles east of Kabul, of wounds suffered from small arms fire, the Department of Defense said in a statement.
The gunman was an Afghan soldier posted outside the prison, which is being revamped to house Afghans transferred from Guantanamo Bay. The gunman was shot dead by other Afghan troops.
Harrison, Sabalu and two other U.S. soldiers who...