Sergeant Kyle LaFlore murdered on leave
KETV reports that 27-year-old Army Sergeant Kyle LaFlore was murdered while he was home on leave in Omaha, Nebraska from South Korea. His father says that he had also been deployed twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan.
Medics found the 27-year-old Army sergeant outside of Reign Lounge with a gunshot wound just before 2 Saturday morning and took him to an area hospital with CPR in progress.
Police said LeFlore was pronounced dead at Nebraska Medicine from his injuries.
LeFlore’s father, Kay LeFlore, told KETV NewsWatch 7 that he believes his son was walking to or from his car in the parking lot when somebody tried to rob him of his jewelry.
By all accounts, he was a good father and a good soldier;
Kay [Kyle’s father] says Kyle was eager to finally spend some time with his 5-year-old son, Kyle Junior, or KJ.
“He lived for his son, and when he got the chance to be here in time for Christmas to open packages and celebrate Christmas with his son, that was my best time I’ve ever had with him,” Kay said.
LeFlore was also an accomplished wrestler, competing and winning in the Eighth Army Combatives tournament over the summer in Seoul.
According to family, LeFlore was a dedicated father and husband, and was taking classes in hopes of one day working for the CIA or FBI.
“If you knew him, you loved him,” sister Kandy LeFlore said.
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“dedicated father” on leave out at the bar @ 2am with jewelry…..
Just sayin’
Not a capital offense.
Not too bright, either. I am struggling to come up with anything positive that happens at 0200 outside of a ghetto bar…nah, can’t think of one.
“Ghetto”
Knowledge or assumption?
I’ll say it. Assumption based on SGT LaFlore’s race and choice words from the article (bar, jewelry)
Assumption being, can’t take the hood out of the Soldier and there was some sort of thuggery involved, and that since he was *gasp* out at a bar at 0200, he must be complicit in his own death in one way or another.
jonp doubled down on this bit of very thinly veiled racism in a post towards the bottom of the page where he offered condolences “Although his actions may have been unwise and led to this”.
If SGT LaFlore was white, FC and jonp wouldn’t have posted what they did.
Just sayin’
Any bar at 2am us usually a gathering of Saints…. Not.
“Nothing good happens after 0100” or so I was told.
Non-drinker, thus was -very- much sought as designated driver drinking buddy.
Country western dives always seemed the most … combative. Most other flavors ran far more to posing than punching/worse.
Grunt hit the nail on the head with his comment. It’s a shame that in 2018 some people, especially some veterans, can’t just see green rather than black, white, brown, etc. What makes this all worse is we are are discussing a dead soldier here and people are losing site of this; leave all of your BS views/prejudices aside and just say RIP.
No, actually it had nothing to do with his race. Why would you make that assumption. The “dedicated father” was outside of the Reign Lounge next to the river at 0200. How would you know what I was thinking you clown? Play that racist shit on your own time
It’s not just him, dude. Read some more comments in regards to your buffonery.
Jesus man. There’s always one. I give you grudging props for being a not just racist fuck but a glutton for punishment but seriously now, enough is enough.
You’ve made your point, being black and out at night makes you amenable to being killed. Much like a woman wearing a pretty dress deserves to be raped, I’m sure.
Anywho. Reading the rest of your responses here, your douchbaggery lights up the page like a fucking illum round. Keep it coming, we all need something to point and laugh at besides your cock.
What are you “just sayin'”?
A reported 4 tours in Iraq/Afghanistan, which means at LEAST 2 years separation from his family and probably more. That is hard on a marriage and he was still married to the mother of his child. Nothing in the linked report indicates he was doing anything wrong.
Who hasn’t come home on leave and gone out for a late night drink or two with hometown buddies?
Well, I haven’t. But then I’m a caffeine swilling herbal teatotling Mormon boy, who’s picked up plenty of fellow soldiers who “gone out of a late night drink or two with buddies”.
And for all my self righteousness I’ve never begrudged them that, or resented the 2 AM phone calls.
Military shit ain’t easy and everyone has their own releases.
4 deployments and still just a SGT?
Something ain’t right.
Just sayin’
At current op-tempo, that could be around six years.
Even at eight, that is not inappropriate.
Not all good men are rapid ladder climbers.
E5 at 6yrs doesn’t sound that slow to me. Some MOS’s climb slower than others.
Yef, do you try to be that shitheaded and arrogant, or does it come to you naturally? I’m sure you’re the “THAT GUY” in your Unit that gets put on as many details as possible to get you out of everyone else’s way!
Also:
“LeFlore was also an accomplished wrestler, competing and winning in the Eighth Army Combatives tournament over the summer in Seoul.”
Something in the crafting of that sentence makes me think that he won some rounds in the Combatives Tournament, but didn’t win the Fat One.
And with all this still just a SGT E-5?
Yef:
Knock it off. You are bad-mouthing a murdered soldier.
No one here gives a shit about your disrespectful attempts to analyze his career progression.
Oh Fey, silly Fey, or is Yef an acronym for Young Enlisted Female?
Here we find you once again attempting to belittle a fallen soldier. Hmm who was the last one…oh that’s right, Sgt LaDavid Johnson, the soldier who died in Niger. You kept insisting on the fact that he was a mechanic, and how that somehow had anything to do with the horrible events that occurred that night. Instead of just being a decent person and giving an RIP and condolences to his family, you just kept trying to dig for ultimately nothing. I’m trying to find the link between Set LeFlore and Sgt Johnson…hmmm. Fuck off, Fey, you have provided no value-add to any of the blogs comment sections.
Yef, do as you’re told, STOP huffing the floor wax and get back to cleaning your 1SG’s Office like a good little meathead.
You read the post and that’s all that you could take from it?
Wow. God knows none of us have ever been in a bar “gasp” until 0200. Jewelry, like a ring and a watch, maybe a gold chain? Gotta be pimpin.
Think you missed the mark on this one FC0311.
I know I have not done that. Certainly never pimped myself out and headed downtown for all night drinking outside of a dive bar. Guess I’m in the minority on this one.
You’re an asshole.
Just sayin’.
There, those two words make it all better, don’t they.
Yeah, can’t stand that “just sayin” crap either
You’re too wrapped up in your racist idiocy to realize you’re the asshole I was referring to. I bet your parents are real proud.
Oh, I guess I missed your assholeness comment. Go fuck yourself. You have no idea what I am thinking. I know I don’t have a young son at home and a wife overseas so my course of action is to head out to a bar at 0200 especially one where people get shot outside the door. Those that throw the racist bomb at the drop of the hat are the ones with a problem they won’t admit. Douchebag
btw: not every soldier is a saint, dickhead. I have no idea why he is still an E5 and I don’t really care. He was still in uniform and I respect that. What type of man he was, I’m going to make an assumption.
Let’s hope the same happens to you when you pass: “Here lies Jonp, an asshole in life, and an asshole for all eternity”
I’m just sayin’ “just sayin'”
That’s getting old.
That is not a responsible statement to make regarding the passing of a veteran and Patriot. I AM SAYIN.
Amen
Sooooo….
We are witnessing the same effect that Steve Bannon just had on his future at a place he enjoyed going to…..
Screwed the ol’ pooch, there Ol’ Buddy…..
And Godspeed to this brave man, God Bless his family and his Brothers in Arms…
Fuck Steve Bannon…the racist piece of shit.
So some worthless, barfly, bottom feeder killed a good man!
Don’t be an a**hole. You must be a boring f**k who never goes out/never went out. Too busy with D&D in the barracks?
Damn
Condolences to his family, friends, and teammates.
Prayers too the family
What a wast… hope the shoot then hang the SOB
Spell Check…it is free.
It is a wast, for sure.
Dude, just shut up.
Big John, you’re an asshole too.
Just Sayin’.
Looks like there’s a case of the raging assholes going around. Must be caused by the cold spell, er I mean global warming, er I mean global cooling, er, fuck it, the weather last week.
May God bless this warrior and his family during this very sad time. God Bless you Sir!!
Rest in peace Sgt LaFlore. May your murderer find the most extreme painful justice for this senseless killing. Anyone finding fault with a soldier home on leave having a good time can choke on a cock.
Just Sayin.
Amen to that.
Rest in Peace, Sergeant LaFlore.
My Condolences to his Family, Friends and Buddies at his Unit, may his murderer die a painful and lonely death or at least get shot dead so he can go to hell where he belongs.
Another Warrior taken before his time, Rest In Peace SGT LaFlore.
Rest in peace Sergeant. God be with your family.
Rest in Peace.
RIP Sgt… Prayers for your family.
More info here. The wife is also active duty assigned to Korea.
http://www.wowt.com/content/news/468241363.html
God almighty! Heartbreaking. To go through all that shit overseas and then catch at HOME!
Rest in peace, soldier.
‘…..deployed twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan…’
Iraq and Afghanistan could not kill him but….Omaha did
where he should have been safe.
RIP Sgt LaFlore, we are a better nation for having had his service.
oh, hun, you don’t know Omaha…some parts are damned scary. it ain’t Chiraq or Chighanistan but, ya gotta keep your head on swivel.
smdh knowing this courageous troop was murdered. Prayers for him and his loved ones.
RIP honored warrior. your tour on earth is done.
Taken from us entirely too soon. RIP, young man.
May the LaFlores family find some small comfort knowing that they are not alone with their grief. All of us grieve with them.
This is a real shame.
Rest in Peace, SGT LaFlore.
Peaceful, eternal rest to an American warrior. May God Bless your family in their time of sadness.
The United States of America is indebted to you, Sergeant LaFlore and your family for your honorable service to the nation. Rest In Peace Soldier.
Jesus Christ, have mercy on his family.
What a kick in the junk.
RIP Sgt. LaFlore. The halls of Valhallah are graced with your presence much to early. Condolences to your family and your son and may he know of your heroic deeds in service to this nation.
Four tours in hell and comes home to take a breather and gets whacked. There is so much I don’t understand about our existence. Maybe I’m not supposed to, but stuff like this just gets me. I doubt I’ll ever get a handle on ‘it’.
RIP, Brother. May you rest in eternal peace.
Although his actions may have been unwise and led to this it he still did not deserve to have it happen.
Thank you for your service, SGT.
It’s just not in you to be decent. jonp you are an asshole, and i suspect your time in uniform was spent traveling from unit to unit staring at cocks pissing into collection cups. You probably licked the rim before you sealed the cup. Go fuck yourself.
Lol! Good one!!!
Rest easy, Sergeant.
And to the perp, hope your spending an eternity in hell is worth it.
And may the perps begin their sojourn in hell shortly.
Wow, the comments section was entertaining today, maybe not in a good way.
Being an ever older, increasingly surly curmudgeon it occurs to me that the anonymity of the internet often leads to a debasement of the simple exercise of decent manners.
Used to be a time when you thought someone who had a poor outcome and might have made better choices you kept that shit to yourself because, well because it’s fucking rude to tell a victim it’s their own fucking fault even if you don’t come out and say it that way.
Here’s a kid doing what over 99% of our fellow Americans can’t be bothered to do and he lives through four trips to places where folks want him dead but gets popped after some drinks with friends in his home town and some of his anonymous “brothers” think he brought it on himself.
If that’s not all kinds of fucked up, I don’t know what is.
Rest in peace young man, and may your family find some solace in knowing your strong spirit lives on in your boy.
Bravo.
Well said.
Spot on.
Ab-so-lute-ly.
I keep re-reading this article, and it makes me madder then hell each time
Me, too. Then I read a few of the comments here and get even madder.
Very few people deserve to be killed. This young man certainly shows no signs at all of being anywhere near to that.
Why anyone here wishes to cause even a moment of pain to the family of Sergeant Kyle LaFlore if they happen upon our remarks is beyond my comprehension.
Once again, RIP, Sgt LaFlore. May your fmily find some peace knowing that most of us are with you on your journey as you try to make sense of this loss. Your Kyle may not be here, but he has a few millions brothers and sisters who are with you all the way.
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A man accused of fatally shooting an Army sergeant outside a bar stole his necklaces and later admitted to the shooting, a prosecutor said in court Tuesday.
Kyle LeFlore, 27, was shot in the chest at close range and died soon after being rushed to the hospital early Jan. 6. His funeral service and burial were held Tuesday.
Larry Goynes, 27, has been charged with first-degree murder and was ordered held without bail.
I am at a loss for words.
Here’s hoping that Larry Goynes gets the Death Penalty and they execute it at least as fast as Texas puts their Death Row animals down.
Goynes is a rabid animal.
Omaha Police have made a second arrest in the investigation of Kyle LeFlore’s death. Jason Devers faces a charge of First Degree Murder.
Devers, 35, was arrested and booked into Douglas County Corrections for First Degree Murder on Thursday, January 18th.