Gallagher's attorney told the court the teen died from injuries from the airstrike, despite Gallagher's attempt to save him, the AP reported. Prosecutors say there were three eyewitnesses, according to Task & Purpose. Later, Gallagher allegedly texted one of the photos to a fellow SEAL, along with the text: 'I got him with my hunting knife.'

Gallagher then completed his re-enlistment ceremony next to the body, prosecutors allege. Afterward, Gallagher posed for photos next to the body, prosecutors said. While one SEAL medic was treating the teen, Navy investigators say Gallagher walked up without saying a word, took out a handmade knife, and stabbed the teen several times in the head and neck, the medic told military investigators, according to The New York Times. The Iraqis turned the fighter over to the Navy SEALs, and medics began treating him for shrapnel in his left leg and difficulty breathing. medic was working to save his life.Īccording to the charge sheet, Gallagher is accused of committing premeditated murder against the wounded teen by 'stabbing him in the neck and body with a knife.' At a November preliminary hearing, prosecutors elaborated: After Iraqis called in an airstrike on a building, they captured a wounded ISIS fighter who was about 15 years old, Naval Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent Joe Warpinski told the court, according to the military trade publication Task & Purpose. They also say Gallagher fatally stabbed an injured teenage Islamic State prisoner while another U.S. They say he shot an elderly man carting a water jug in Mosul, as well as a girl walking along a riverbank there, the AP reported. Prosecutors say the Navy SEAL fired indiscriminately into Iraqi crowds. Gallagher plans to plead not guilty to multiple charges of war crimes at his arraignment hearing Friday at Naval Base San Diego, attorney Phillip Stackhouse told NPR. And military prosecutors say that while serving in Mosul, Iraq, in 2017, he snapped.

His attorney says he will plead not guilty to all the charges at a naval hearing Friday.Įdward Gallagher was a decorated 19-year Navy veteran on his eighth tour of duty. Gallagher is facing charges of premeditated murder and other offenses in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenage Islamic State prisoner under his care in Iraq in 2017 and the shooting of unarmed Iraqi civilians. This 2018 photo provided by Andrea Gallagher shows her husband, Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher.

Navy seal being charged with war crimes