Soldier charged in shooting death of infant
Spc. Peyton D. Creel is facing a court-martial after his child was shot in the head with a rifle.
An Army soldier in Kansas pleaded not guilty last week to charges in connection with the April shooting death of his infant son. Spc. Peyton D. Creel, assigned to the Combined Arms Command Law Enforcement Activity, Special Troops Battalion, at Fort Leavenworth, is facing a court-martial after his child was shot in the head with a rifle. “SPC Peyton Creel is charged with one specification of murder and one specification of involuntary manslaughter for the murder of his infant child on April 28, 2026, at his residence on Fort Leavenworth,” said Michelle McCaskill, the U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel’s Director of Communications, in a Monday email. “The charges are allegations and SPC Creel is presumed innocent unless proven guilty,” she added. According to a charge sheet provided by the Special Trial Counsel’s office, Creel enlisted in December 2021 for a 5-year term. Creel will face a court-martial in January 2027.
