A National Guard solider was charged Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in the shooting death of an Army Reserve soldier at Fort Eisenhower, Ga., Army and Justice Department officials said. (Corey Dickstein/Stars and Stripes)

ATLANTA — A National Guard solider was charged Monday in the shooting death of an Army Reserve soldier over the weekend at a woman’s on-post residence at Fort Eisenhower, Army and Justice Department officials said.

Natravien Landry, a Guard soldier assigned to the Georgia post’s 1148th Transportation Company, was charged with one count of murder in the killing of Sgt. Andre S. Stewart Jr., said Jill Steinberg, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Landry, 25, of Abbeville, La., made his initial court appearance Monday and was expected to face a detention hearing Wednesday, according to the Justice Department.

Stewart of Clarksville, Tenn., enlisted in the Army in 2019 and initially served on active duty as a human resources specialist before transitioning into the Reserve as a military police officer in 2023, according to Fort Eisenhower. Stewart was assigned to the 400th Military Police Brigade at Fort Meade, Md., according to the service.

Army officials on Monday did not immediately provide further details about either soldier’s service.

The shooting Saturday forced the Army post just outside of Augusta, Ga., to lock down briefly. Fort Eisenhower is home to the Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence, which trains cyber, signal and electronic warfare soldiers.

Landry is accused of having assaulted and shot Stewart early Saturday morning after showing up at the on-post housing of a woman with whom Landry shares a child, according to the Justice Department.

Landry fled the scene by car. He was captured by Meriwether County sheriff’s deputies about three hours later on Interstate 85, approximately 55 miles south of Atlanta, federal officials said.

Deputies arrested Landry while conducting a traffic stop after noticing the vehicle matched a description of a car linked to the Fort Eisenhower shooting, according to the sheriff’s department. The deputies observed Landry throw a 9mm handgun out of the vehicle’s passenger side window during the traffic stop.

Landry was transferred to U.S. Marshals Service custody after his apprehension, federal officials said. He was booked into the Lincoln County jail, just north of Augusta, where he was expected to remain until the Wednesday hearing.

Justice Department officials said an Army Criminal Investigation Division-led probe of the fatal shooting was ongoing Monday.