At least 44 Fort Bragg soldiers died stateside in 2020 several of them were homicides. Families want answers. But the Army isn't giving any Three weeks before Christmas, in the piney woods outside of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a deer hunter.
By STARS AND STRIPES Published: February 4, 2021 The recent deaths of Army Delta Force member William J. Lavigne and Army veteran Timothy Dumas, being investigated as homicides, have returned attention to another death, the fatal shooting of Special Forces soldier Mark Leshikar. Leshikar was killed in March 2018 by Lavigne, his best friend, known as Billy to Leshikar s family. Though the shooting was officially ruled as justifiable homicide, many questions remain. Military Matters co-host Jack Murphy talks with Leshikar s sister, Nicole Rick, and widow, Laura Leshikar, about Mark s life and death and the mysteries left unsolved. The two men were close Mark and Billy just clicked, Mark s wife, Laura Leshikar, said.