Evidence suggests he was hit by a fellow soldier who was firing a machine gun at a stationary target.

BBC: Michael Maguire

Evidence suggests a fellow soldier firing a machine gun at a designated target placed on the range hit Ranger Maguire.

BBC: Ranger Michael Maguire

And the Iraqis would be sitting there, with the machine guns firing, firing, firing, killing a lot of these guys but there would be more coming, and these machine guns would just heat up and jam.

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