ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, MI -- The wife of an Army sergeant, together with another soldier stationed at the same Georgia base as the married couple, plotted her husband’s death, according to the Berrien County Prosecutor’s Office.

Kemia Hassel, 22, also an active duty member of the Army, was arrested and charged with premeditated murder after her husband, Army Sgt. Tyrone Hassel III, 23, was shot and killed on New Year’s Eve, according to a news release from the prosecutor’s office.

An investigation into the killing revealed the woman was having an affair with another soldier stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia, where she lived with her husband and 1-year-old child, the release said. Police say the pair plotted to kill Hassel in order to continue their relationship and reap financial benefits resulting from his death.

Hassel and his wife were staying with his father in St. Joseph Township while home on military leave over the holidays. He was at a family gathering in Benton Harbor on the night of his death.

When he returned to his father’s home around 11 p.m. to bring his wife some food, he was confronted by “an assailant who shot and killed him,” the release said.

Hassel was found “gravely injured with multiple gunshot wounds" after police responded Monday, Dec. 31, to 2086 Colfax Ave. in St. Joseph Township, the release said.

A second suspect, a 24-year-old Hinesville, Georgia, man is in jail in Georgia facing charges of first degree premeditated murder and felony firearm, the release said. MLive is withholding the man’s name pending arraignment.

The man traveled from Fort Stewart to Chicago several days prior to Dec. 31, police said. He waited for directions from Hassel’s wife to ambush the victim, and did so on New Year’s Eve, the release said.

Kemia Hassel was arrested and taken to the Berrien County Jail Saturday, Jan. 12, according to jail records. She faces a charge of first-degree, premeditated murder. If convicted, she faces a potential sentence of life without the possibility of parole. She was arraigned on the charge Monday, Jan. 14, and her bond was set at $2.5 million, with a requirement for a GPS tether should she post bond.

Hassel is expected back in court at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, for a preliminary examination.