RIDGEWAY NATIONAL GUARD
MILITARY POLICE
INVESTIGATIONS
1100 Whyte Rd Alder, RW 06541
MAR 28 2024
FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
FROM: ConstantlyVerbal
Second Lieutenant, MPI Commanding Officer
SUBJECT: Letter in Re CardinalMonterruh (RSC-AH-2524)
Dear Administrative Court Judge jyoungbird,
On or about September 18th, 2023, CardinalMonterruh (“accused”) was outside of the
government annex building in Ridgeway County, State of Ridgeway, acting on behalf of the State
of Ridgeway as a Private in the Ridgeway National Guard. Standing on the sidewalk was
mandatorymorale (“victim”). Shortly after the accused arrived at the annex, they walked towards
the victim, drew a B1014 shotgun, and discharged it once into the victim, causing them to
immediately die. The victim was not posing an active threat to life at the time they were killed by
the accused. There was no external active threat to life at the time the victim was killed by the
accused.
Under the National Guard’s use of force policy, there was no apparent justification for the
accused to draw and discharge their firearm at the time they caused the death of the victim. The
National Guard’s use of force policy is taught as a part of the National Guard Basic Military
Training program and is publicly available for all guardsmen to consult at any time. It can be
reasonably inferred based on the accused’s behavior and for the reasons described the
aforementioned that they intended to cause the death of the victim and that they knew, or should
have known, that this act would be in violation of department policy.
On or about March 9th, 2024, the accused was adjudicated guilty of R.C.C. § 3.10, 3.05c,
5.03, and 6.05, based on proof beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal court of law, in the matter
of the State of Ridgeway v. CardinalMonterruh. On March 22nd, 2024, the Ridgeway National
Guard pursued a dishonorable discharge against the accused in the Administrative Court of
Ridgeway. The accused was summoned by the department on March 23, 2024 at 8:05 PM EST.
Accused failed to appear before the court after a forty-eight (48) hour period. As a result, the
department files this letter in brief for an expedited hearing. The accused failed to respond to all
communication between the department and them and further failed to appear before the court.
For these foregoing reasons, the Ridgeway National Guard requests that the
Administrative Court grant an expedited hearing and the punishment recommended by the
impaneled officers be granted.
Yours in public service,
ConstantlyVerbal
Second Lieutenant
Ridgeway National Guard
