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Oct 30, 2009

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A Fort Carson, Colo., Soldier due to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shot himself in the shoulder to avoid deployment Wednesday night, Colorado Springs police say.

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Oct 30, 2009

"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- A Fort Carson Soldier due to be deployed to Afghanistan allegedly shot himself in the shoulder to avoid deployment Wednesday night, Colorado Springs police say.

Police say Sgt. Robert Murchison, 26, was on emergency leave from Afghanistan and due to re-deploy in the next couple of days when he and his girlfriend Chasaity Peoples, 28, drove to a spot near Penrose-St. Francis Medical Center and he shot himself.

The pair told officers they had pulled over the car to help a stranded motorist and that Murchison was shot by that person. They gave officers a description of the supposed motorist and his car. However, because of the location where they were parked and their demeanor, officers were suspicious of their story, said Sgt. Jim Meyers, of Colorado Springs police. They were questioned intensively, he said.

"Finally they came clean after about six stories," he said. "Well, she did, he kind of did.""