Childhood dream turns to nightmare: Marine from Minnesota shot dead in barracks

Riley Kuznia always wanted to be a soldier, even before he toddled off to the school for the first time in his northwestern Minnesota community.

"Playing soldier, it's what Riley did from 3 or 4 years old," his mother, Markelle Kuznia, said Wednesday. "He was always patriotic. He thought it was his duty to serve his country."

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