American killed in Ukraine identified

Joseph Stone was a member of a monitoring mission



By: JOE STERLING
Posted: Apr 24, 2017 07:16 PM CDT
Updated: Apr 25, 2017 01:17 AM CDT

(CNN) - The American paramedic killed during a monitoring mission in Ukraine has been identified.

He is Joseph Stone, 36, according to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's Special Monitoring Mission.

It is the first time a member of an SMM patrol has been killed while on duty.

"I was absolutely shocked. I always knew it was a possibility," Matthew Stone told CNN, reacting to his brother's death. "He always knew something like this could happen."

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