Newburyport soldier killed in Iraq

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) - A city spokeswoman in his home town says a soldier from Massachusetts has been killed in Iraq.

Kendra Amaral, a spokeswoman for Amesbury Mayor Thatcher Kezer, says 22-year-old Jordan Shay was killed Tuesday.

The Newburyport Daily News reports that Shay grew up in Amesbury and is 2005 graduate of Amesbury High School whose family recently moved to Newburyport.

Newburyport police confirm that they assisted the Army in notifying the family of his death.

The Department of Defense did not immediately release details.

No one answered the family's phone on Friday morning.

Flags in both communities have been lowered to half-staff.