Full detail according to the US mail report.
In this photo series, a US soldier foot-chase of Iraqi terrorist have emerged, revealing the bloody reality of urban fighting.
After some hesitation from the other soldiers, the senior-most ranking soldier - Command Sergeant Major Robert Prosser - steps in and starts firing inside the shop
When the soldier realizes he has run out of ammunition, he drops his rifle and goes inside the shop to tackle the suspect barefisted
During the ordeal, Yon himself even picked up a gun and took it upon himself to open fire on the suspects.
The series begins after an intense car chase, after which Yon and the soldiers dismount and attempt to chase the suspects on foot.
The bullets then begin to spray with rounds hitting the front soldier, a LTC Kurilla from Deuce Four Battalion, one of them snapping the thigh bone in half and wounding the his arm and leg.
He then attempts to crawl into a firing position, as more rounds pierce the wall near another soldier's head.
Despite his injuries, the soldier regains composure and begins returning fire towards the shop.
After some hesitation from the other soldiers, the senior-most ranking soldier - Command Sergeant Major Robert Prosser - steps in and starts firing inside the shop.
A man with a gun suddenly lunge towards the soldier who fires back with several rounds to the abdomen.
But despite firing at point blank range, the M4 rounds fail to subdue to the man (pictured afterwards) who attempts to fire again
Prosser shot the man at close range in the abdomen and the crotch
The man is handcuffed after Prosser has managed to subdue him by smashing his face on concrete
When the soldier realizes he has run out of ammunition, he drops his rifle and goes inside the shop to tackle the suspect barefisted.
At this point photographer Von picks up Prosser’s empty M4 and yells for a young lieutenant to give him some ammo.
He says he could see Prosser’s bloody leg lying still, just inside the darkened doorway, because most of his body was hidden behind a stack of sheet metal.
Soliders help the wounded LTC Kurilla who was
later taken to hospital and underwent Surgery.
Prosser stands over the suspected terrorist after a bloody arrest
Von writes on his Gates of Hell blogpost: 'I ran back to the corner of the shop and looked at LTC Kurilla who was bleeding, and saw CSM Prosser’s extremely bloody leg inside the shop, the rest of him was still obscured from view.
'I was going to run into the shop and shoot every man with a gun. And I was scared to death.'
But as he entered he saw that Prosser was wrestling the man with his bare hands: 'Prosser had beaten the terrorist in the head three times with his fist and was gripping his throat, choking him.
'But Prosser’s gloves were slippery with blood so he couldn’t hold on well. At the same time, the terrorist was trying to bite Prosser’s wrist, but instead he bit onto the face of Prosser’s watch.'
Prosser was eventually able to subdue the man by smashing his face into the concrete after which the 'combat drama was ended'.
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