PARKVILLE, Mo.-
A Missouri state lawmaker stationed in Iraq was shot in the lung by a sniper while on patrol, a family spokesman said Friday.
Rep. Jason Brown, 36, was resting at an Iraqi hospital and waiting to be taken to a military facility for surgery, said George McClintock, a family spokesman and former Veterans of Foreign Wars post commander. He was wounded while serving near Baghdad, McClintock said.
Brown, a staff sergeant in the Army Reserve, was deployed in March for a one-year tour and has been serving as a civil affairs specialist, helping build roads, bridges, hospitals and schools. In 2000, he served in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Brown, a Platte City Republican, is up for re-election next month. He was first elected in 2002 to represent a state House district just north of Kansas City.
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