30-Year-Old U.S. Soldier from North Carolina Killed in Iraq Ammunition Accident

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, from North Carolina, was killed in Iraq when an accident occurred while he was decommissioning ammunition, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed. No further details about the specific circumstances were immediately released. Swinton is the latest American soldier to die in Iraq in a non-combat incident.