Afghan shooting suspect in US jail The soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians has been flown from Kuwait to Kansas, where he was transferred to the US military's only maximum-security prison at Fort Leavenworth. When the Air Force cargo jet with the soldier aboard arrived at Kansas City International Airport, about an hour from the military prison, security was tight, with the terminal completely blocked off. The soldier has been identified as Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who lives in Lake Tapps, Washington. Bales has not yet been charged. Until Friday, military officials had kept Bales' identity secret and what little was known about him remained sketchy. He arrived at the military detention centre on Friday evening and, according to the Army, he was placed in his own cell, not a normal four-person bay.