Army Ranger Charged with Murder In Beating Death of Black Security Guard After Footage Showed He ‘Dragged Her Around Like a Rag Doll,’ Left Her ‘Unrecognizable’
The Pierce County prosecutor’s office filed first-degree murder charges on Friday, July 23, against a man accused of murdering a security guard in Washington state this month. Patrick Philip Byrne, a 26-year-old Army Ranger stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was charged in the death of 41-year-old Denise Smith, who was found severely beaten and dead…