Leicester soldier killed by sniper fire in Iraq

LEICESTER – Every downed helicopter in Iraq sent renewed fear through the parents of pilot Mitch Carver, especially during his second tour of Iraq.

“He told us when he went home that he was shot at every time he went up, and was hit once,” said Judy Carver.

But a new kind of apprehension took hold after she learned Friday morning that a Kiowa helicopter had gone down over the northern city of Mosul. The knock on the door seemed imminent.

Semper Fi