The violence began in a place where families expect order, discipline, and protection. Inside a Fort Gordon apartment in Augusta, Georgia, a private relationship conflict turned into a federal murder case, leaving one Army sergeant dead, another former soldier facing up to life in prison, and a military community forced to absorb the shock of a killing that unfolded close to home.
Natravien R. Landry, 27, a former U.S. Army National Guard soldier from Abbeville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and using a firearm during a crime of violence in the death of U.S. Army Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr. The case stems from a Dec. 14, 2024, shooting at what is now Fort Gordon, the Augusta-area installation previously known as Fort Eisenhower.
For families around Augusta, Grovetown, Evans, and the wider Central Savannah River Area, the case is not just another grim courtroom headline. It touches the uneasy overlap between military life, domestic tension, firearms, child custody, and the fragile sense of safety that people expect inside a base community.
A Fort Gordon Shooting That Started With Suspicion
Court records and federal statements describe a morning that moved quickly from suspicion to deadly violence. Landry had been working with his Guard unit at Fort Gordon that morning before going to an apartment connected to a woman with whom he shares a child…