A former Army Ranger who fears he fired the fatal round that killed NFL star Pat Tillman in Afghanistan has spoken out. Steven Elliott, 34, told the story of the moment Tillman was killed by friendly fire on April 22, 2004 when his regiment was ambushed.
Elliott and other Rangers fired shots because they believed 27-year-old Tillman, who gave up a $3.6million football contract to serve his country in the aftermath of 9/11, was a Taliban insurgent.
Elliott, a Kansas native and Oral Roberts University graduate who was on patrol with Tillman when he died 11 years ago, spoke in front of the congregation at Redeemer Covenant Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Sunday.
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