Army: North Carolina soldier killed in parachute training

ELOY, AZ (AP) — The U.S. Army says a soldier was killed in a routine freefall parachute training exercise in southern Arizona.

A spokesman for the Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said the soldier was training Tuesday near Eloy, Arizona.

U.S Army Special Forces officials on Wednesday identified the soldier killed as 36-year-old Master Sgt. Nathan Goodman of Hope Mills, North Carolina.

Freefalling is when soldiers jump from an aircraft and delay opening their parachutes. Army officials say the death is under investigation.