The US soldier ambushed in Niger was killed by enemy fire as he fled the attack

• Sgt. La David T. Johnson, the US soldier who died in an ambush in Niger, was killed by enemy fire as he fled the attack.
• The revelation dispels rumors about how Johnson died.

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American soldier killed in an ambush in Niger with three comrades but recovered days later wasn’t captured alive by the enemy or executed at close range, The Associated Press has learned, based on the conclusion of a military investigation.

Dispelling a swirl of rumors about how Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Florida, died, the report has determined that he was killed by enemy rifle and machine gun fire as he fled the attack by an offshoot of the Islamic State group about 120 miles (200 kilometers) north of Niamey, the capital of the African country. The attack took place Oct. 4; Johnson’s body was recovered two days later.

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