A Fort Riley soldier was arrested and charged with murder for entering a Junction City home where he once lived and shooting another man dead. (Fort Riley Public Affairs Office)
A Fort Riley soldier was arrested and charged with murder for entering a Junction City home where he once lived and shooting another man dead, according to court records filed in Geary County, Kan.
Sgt. Jonathan M. Lee, 27, was arrested at Fort Riley at about 1:12 p.m. on Feb. 1 — roughly 30 minutes after he is accused of shooting 22-year-old Carron Carter in the stomach at close range in a town about five miles from the Kansas Army base.
He is charged with first-degree murder and remained in the Geary County Detention Center on Wednesday with bond set at $1 million. His next court date is Thursday.
Lee arrived at a home on Kramer Court in Junction City, where the soldier had lived until December, and banged on the door, according to a person only described as a witness in court documents. When the witness opened the door, Lee pushed past the person, and went upstairs where he retrieved a .40 caliber Glock firearm that he stored in a closet because he could not keep it in his barracks room at Fort Riley.
Army Sgt. Jonathan Lee, 27, was arrested and charged with murder in Geary County, Kan. Lee is a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer assigned to Fort Riley. (Photo provided by Geary County Detention Center)
Lee and Carter argued, and he told Carter that he wanted him to leave the home because he didn’t want anyone else around another person whose name was redacted from court documents. Lee then fired the weapon, ran down the stairs and told the witness to call police.
The soldier then fled the home in his dark blue Toyota Corolla, which is registered in Florida, according to court documents. A second witness outside the home said Lee drove off about 30 seconds after the gunshot.
After Lee’s arrest at Fort Riley, local police executed a search warrant and found the handgun that they believed was used in the shooting. The gun was disassembled and hidden in Lee’s barracks room as well as ammunition, according to court records.
Lee, a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer, has been assigned to Fort Riley since December, according to the base. He enlisted in June 2015, and his home of record is Lawton, Okla.
