At least one person who knew Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner says she does not believe he is capable of the charges against him.

Warner, 34, of Braggs and a member of the 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade Combat Team, is accused of killing an Iraqi detainee.

Courtney Nichols, 32, said she graduated with the girl Warner married.

“He was a very nice, friendly, outgoing guy,” she said. “I totally do not believe this whatsoever. He’s not that type of a person. I just do not believe it; maybe somebody else, but not him.”

Nichols said she believes the full story has not yet been told about what really happened.

Another Oklahoma soldier faces charges in the case; 1st. Lt. Michael C. Behenna, 25, of Edmond.

Both men are charged with premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of Ali Monsour Mohammed. In addition, both are accused of assault, making a false official statement and obstruction of justice. Warner also is charged with being an accessory after the fact.

The killing allegedly took place at or near their operating base at Beiji, about 155 miles north of Baghdad.

Warner was charged July 13; Behenna was charged Thursday. The charges were announced by the military on Saturday but did not come as a surprise to Warner’s relatives, who have lived in the Braggs community for more than 25 years.

Warner’s brother, Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Warner, 32, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, said the family had been receiving e-mails from his brother letting them know what was going on.

Ryan Warner said he and his brother are military brats and were inspired to join the Army by some family members, in particular their father, retired Army Master Sgt. Hal Lee Warner.