---
title: "Soldier assigned to 7th Special Forces Group charged with killing wife"
description: "Camden Tyre Barnum, an intel analyst assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, was charged with murder after killing his wife."
date: "2023-01-03"
modified: "2023-01-03"
authors:
  - name: "Max Hauptman"
    job_title: "Breaking News Reporter"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/max-hauptman/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/camden-tyre-barnum-army-7th-special-forces-group-murder/"
categories:
  - "Army"
  - "Military Branches"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "death"
---

# Soldier assigned to 7th Special Forces Group charged with killing wife

![](<https://taskandpurpose.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/03/Florida-special-forces-shooting.jpeg>)
*(Crestview, Florida Poplice Department photo)*

A soldier at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida was arrested on Dec. 28, 2022, for killing his wife in what was described by police as a “[domestic violence](<https://www.facebook.com/CrestviewPD/>)” incident.

Police arrived at Camden Tyre Barnum’s home shortly before 4:00 a.m. on the 28th after reports of gunshots and found 31-year-old Rictaysha Barnum dead in the home.

Camden Barnum is [assigned](<https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/okaloosa-county/suspected-crestview-killer-was-stationed-at-eglin-airforce-base-according-to-7th-special-forces-group/>) to the 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group as a human intelligence collection analyst. Barnum [joined](<https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/okaloosa-county/suspected-crestview-killer-was-stationed-at-eglin-airforce-base-according-to-7th-special-forces-group/>) the unit in 2021.

“7th SFG(A) extends our deepest condolences to the family of Rictaysha Barnum,” Barnum’s unit [said](<https://www.wkrg.com/northwest-florida/okaloosa-county/suspected-crestview-killer-was-stationed-at-eglin-airforce-base-according-to-7th-special-forces-group/>) in a press release. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them all, particularly their children during this difficult time.”

In a press release, the Crestview Police Department [said](<https://www.facebook.com/CrestviewPD/>) “the circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation but appear to be associated with domestic violence within the home.”

The case remains under investigation by the police department.

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