Army Special Forces residence in North Carolina: Questions raised by mysterious shooting

An investigation into a mysterious shooting in North Carolina, near Fort Liberty, is being conducted by both the Army Criminal Investigation Division and local police. The shooting took place in Carthage, North Carolina on May 3 at 8:15 p.m., after a phone call about a suspected trespasser near a Special Forces soldier's property.

Near the soldier's home, two Chechen men who spoke broken English were discovered. The family claims that the suspected intruder, 35-year-old Ramzan Daraev of Chicago, was taking photos of their children. When confronted near a power line in a wooded area of the property, an argument erupted and Daraev was shot several times at close range. A second man, Dzhankutov Adsalan, was in a vehicle some distance from the incident and was questioned by authorities before being released. The Moore County Sheriff's office is currently leading the investigation.

The FBI provided a linguist to assist with interviews after a shooting death in Carthage, as requested by the Moore County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Ronnie Fields stated that a resident had observed someone taking photos on their property and had become confrontational with a neighbor outside their home. The body of the suspect was discovered about 250 yards away from the road, near a powerline on a residential property. Initially, no identification was found on the deceased, but it was later confirmed through family members and an international identification found in their vehicle.

The Colonel with the U.S. Army, who resided at the location of the shooting, has been identified as the shooter.

Recently, U.S. Special Operations soldiers across the country have reported unusual encounters involving suspicious surveillance of themselves and their loved ones. There is a growing belief that U.S. military bases are increasingly being targeted by foreign investigations.

The two Chechens involved in the shooting incident in Carthage two weeks ago may have been mistaken for someone else due to the lack of personal identification. Despite having two cell phones with Russian language contacts and camera equipment, they were not wearing any uniforms for the power company they were reportedly working for.

At the time of his death, Daraev was employed as a subcontractor for Utilities One, a New Jersey-based company. However, investigators are still verifying his official employment and immigration status.

The incident involving Daraev has been reported to OSHA, as he did not have any utility equipment, clothing, or identification at the time it occurred.

According to sources, U.S. intelligence agents frequently use "power company employment" as a cover for surveillance of foreign targets overseas.

In a separate incident 18 months ago, Moore County experienced another mysterious shooting attack that targeted two electrical distribution substations. The power outage primarily affected communities heavily populated by U.S. Special Operations families. Less than two weeks prior to the Moore County substation incident, the FBI sent a report to private industry warning of an increase in reported threats to electric infrastructure from people who espouse "racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist ideology." The FBI took over that investigation, which remains unsolved.

Ramzan Daraev's family started a Change.org petition titled "Justice for Ramzan Daraev" with over 11,000 signatures. Despite leaving Russia, Ramzan faced the greatest injustice in a free country where he should have been protected.

The May 3 shooting in Carthage may have been a case of mistaken identity, but members of the Special Operations community are questioning why two Russian-speaking Chechens were taking photos near an elite Army special forces residence at 8:15 pm on a Friday night, just 10 minutes after sunset, and why the FBI is not leading the investigation.

The FBI has not launched a counterintelligence investigation and the local investigation has not found evidence of a federal crime. The FBI is in touch with the sheriff's office investigators and is prepared to investigate if a federal matter arises.