California IN BRIEF : OCEANSIDE : 3 Marines Charged in Shooting Death

Two Camp Pendleton officers and a noncommissioned officer have been charged in an accidental shooting death. Cpl. Fabian Morrison, 19, was killed by a stray bullet on Jan. 28 on a firing range at Ft. Ord, an Army base in Northern California often used by Marines for training. The three Marines are each charged with one count of negligent homicide and two counts of dereliction of duty, said Marine Lt. Kevin Bentley. Those charged are Capt. Karl A. Schwarm, 31, the commander of K Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines; 1st Lt. Timothy Devlin, 35, the safety officer of the firing range; and Staff Sgt. John S. Hoerner, 31, who was the range noncommissioned officer in charge, Bentley said.