This from The News Tribune, Seattle Times: An investigating officer has recommended that the Army drop one of three murder charges against Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, the alleged ringleader of a group of Stryker soldiers who reportedly killed Afghan civilians in staged incidents, The Seattle Times reported Monday.

Col. Thomas Molloy's recommendation is not binding, and Gibbs still could go to trial for all three murder charges. That decision rests with Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, the commanding general at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Molloy reportedly found that the Army didn't have enough evidence to put Gibbs on trial for murdering an Afghan man on a January patrol.

Gibbs, of Billings, Mont., allegedly provided a grenade to Spc. Jeremy Morlock, who used it to kill the Afghan as part of a scheme they devised to murder civilians in combat-like situations. Pfc. Andrew Holmes also shot at the Afghan and is charged with murder.

No witnesses have said that Gibbs shot a weapon at the Afghan on the January patrol.

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