21-year-old Marine from Maine fatally shot on S.C. base
Another Marine has been detained in relation to the investigation.
BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Military officials say they’re investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old Marine corporal from Maine in South Carolina, and say they have another Marine in custody.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the Friday fatal shooting of 21-year-old Cpl. Tyler Wallingford, of Standish, at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina. A spokesman says Cpl. Spencer Daily has been detained in relation to the investigation.
Sad news to share this morning. Tyler Wallingford, 21, a Marine and volunteer firefighter from Standish, died in a shooting at a base in South Carolina: https://t.co/elm2JzrLmX
Thank you Tyler for your service.
(Photo: Wallingford Family) pic.twitter.com/BBojoPxybn
— David Charns WMTW (@DavidWMTW) April 15, 2019
Both Marines were aircraft ordinance technicians with the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, based in Beaufort.
Details about the investigation were scarce Monday. The investigation itself was ongoing.
The Portland Press Herald reports Wallingford came from a family of firefighters, and worked with the Standish Fire Department while still in high school.
