he estranged husband of a Fort Campbell soldier was convicted this week of killing her in a 2018 off-duty shooting at the Army post on the Kentucky-Tennessee border.
Victor Everette Silvers of Clarksville, Tennessee, was convicted by a federal jury Wednesday of first-degree murder, attempted murder, domestic violence resulting in death, violation of a protection order and other counts in the death of Brittney Niecol Silvers of Jacksonville, Florida.
Silvers faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison, according to U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors. There is no parole in the federal system. The 33-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced February 22 before a U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Kentucky.
Court records show a domestic violence order prohibited Victor Silvers from possessing a firearm and ordered him to stay 300 feet away from his wife. An affidavit alleges he went to his estranged wife’s home, where she was socializing with a male friend, and shot both. The friend was wounded but survived.
Brittney Silvers was assigned to the 96th Aviation Support Battalion at Fort Campbell.
Source: AP
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