Story highlights Official: Jordanian soldier formally charged with murder with intent to kill

Three US Army Special Forces soldiers were shot during the November 4 incident

(CNN) The government of Jordan has formally charged one of its soldiers with murder over his alleged involvement in an attack last year on a military convoy that killed three US service members, a Jordanian government official told CNN.

"He is being officially charged with murder with intent to kill," the official said.

The official, who could not speak on the record because of the sensitivity of the issue, did not identify the soldier.

Three US Army Special Forces soldiers were shot at the King Faisal Air Base in Jordan during the incident on November 4. There was an intense firefight between a Jordanian guard, who wore body armor and carried an M-16 rifle, and the US soldiers, equipped only with sidearms.

Army Staff Sgt. Kevin McEnroe was killed instantly and Staff Sgt. Matthew Lewellen was mortally wounded when the guard opened fire on the soldiers' vehicle while it was stopped at the base's gate. The third man, Staff Sgt. James Moriarty, suffered a mortal wound after firing his pistol at the Jordanian guard.

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