![]() Brandon Norris, her parents said, a man in the same battalion. Although the Blocks never believed Norris and Kamisha Block had a serious relationship, Norris became attached and possessive of her, Army investigators told the family. Before they left Fort Hood for Iraq, Norris physically assaulted Kamisha Block, her family learned through later Army reports. ![]() ![]() While in Texas she began a relationship with Staff Sgt. “She spent a year in Korea, and then returned for a few months to Fort Hood before she left for Iraq in 2007. (Get the latest updates on the case here) They believe she was not protected by the Army. Kamisha Block was pronounced dead a few minutes later at the Camp Liberty Troop Medical Clinic. The family claims there was no serious relationship with Norris yet he became possessive and began abusing her. Norris then turned the gun on himself putting a single bullet into the right side of his head. Medics found Norris dead at the scene and Kamisha with a sucking chest wound. Media reports indicate that Kamisha died of gunshot wounds after she was shot in the shoulder, chest, and head area five times by a fellow Army soldier, Staff Sgt. The Department of Defense announced at the time of the press release that the circumstances surrounding the incident were under investigation. Block was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom on behalf of the 401st Military Police Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade in Fort Hood, Texas. Kamisha Block, 20, died of a non combat related incident in Baghdad, Iraq on August 16, 2007.
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