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New documents shed light on Tillman’s death


GI’s last words, lawyers’ congratulatory e-mails made public in testimony


SAN FRANCISCO - Army medical examiners were suspicious about the close proximity of the three bullet holes in Pat Tillman’s forehead and tried without success to get authorities to investigate whether the former NFL player’s death amounted to a crime, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.


Ultimately, the Pentagon did conduct a criminal investigation, and asked Tillman’s comrades whether he was disliked by his men and whether they had any reason to believe he was deliberately killed. The Pentagon eventually ruled that Tillman’s death at the hands of his comrades was a friendly-fire accident.


  • No evidence at all of enemy fire was found at the scene — no one was hit by enemy fire, nor was any government equipment struck.