The Army sergeant accused of shooting five soldiers at a Georgia military base was a “hard worker” who was previously bullied over a speech impediment, co-workers said, according to a report.

Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, who allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Stewart Wednesday morning, was the target of bullying over a speech impediment while in Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee in 2018, former Army pals told NBC News .

“He got bullied a lot,” Sgt. Cameron Barrett, 28, a friend of Radford’s back in 2018, told the outlet. 3

“It was very bad to the point where he could barely talk.”

Sgt. Carlos Coleman, who was in the same formation with Radford at Fort Lee, told the outlet that the alleged gunman went quiet after people mocked his stutter.

“It was easy for

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