A military judge at Joint Base Lewis-McChord sentenced a soldier to 70 years in prison, a reduction in rank to private and a dishonorable discharge this week for killing two people and wounding three others in June 2023 when he began shooting shortly after attending a concert in Quincy, Washington.
Then-Spc. James M. Kelly, 29, was at a concert with his girlfriend at the Gorge Amphitheater when he ate psilocybin-containing mushrooms and began exhibiting what Army officials said was “paranoid behavior.”
“After the couple returned to their campsite, Kelly used a handgun to shoot and kill [Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz], two women that he did not know who were passing nearby,” Army officials said…