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| Shooter, Victims Identified in Little Rock Shooting | |||
| 2009-06-02 | |||
Police say the incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. at a U.S. Army Navy Career Center inside the Ashley Square Shopping Center at 9112 North Rodney Parham Road. According to Lt. Terry Hastings with the Little Rock Police Department, two enlisted soldiers standing outside the office were hit when a suspect drove up in a black SUV and began shooting. At a briefing Monday afternoon, Little Rock police chief Stuart Thomas identified the suspect as Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, 24, of Little Rock. Thomas says Muhammad also goes by the name Carlos Bledsoe. Hastings identified the second wounded soldier as Quinton Ezeagwula, age unknown. He remains at a local hospital in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries. Muhammad led police on a brief pursuit towards downtown Little Rock, before being taken into custody in the area of the Interstate 30/630 interchange. Authorities searched the vehicle and found an assault rifle, Hastings said. A bomb squad was called in, as police were concerned about two bags in the vehicle, but no explosives were found, he said. At the Monday-afternoon briefing, Thomas said investigators believe Muhammad acted alone, and likely carried "political and religious motives." Thomas said the gunman targeted the military but was not believed to be part of a broader scheme.
The FBI has opened an investigation into the incident, said Steven Frazier, spokesman for the agency's Little Rock office. "Based on what we find, we will determine whether there is any federal jurisdiction to prosecute," he said. According to Army Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis, Long and Ezeagwula were not recruiters, but part of a recruiting program called "hometown recruiting assistance." Artis says recruiters use soldiers to tell their stories and talk to potential recruits while they are visiting or based back in their home region. Long and Ezeagwula were just out of basic training, Artis said, and had not been deployed. | |||
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 don't hold your breathe besoeker |
| Posted by: funky skunk 2009-06-02 10:27 |
| #3 Statement from the White House similar to the Tiller shooting statement coming in 8, 7, 6, 5....... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-02 08:18 |
| #2 SHot by a muslim religious fanatic means this soldier was killed in the line of duty and should have benefits accordingly. They will be. I pulled Recruiting duty for four miserable years and let me assure you it is considerably more dangerous than one might think- I never believed in the 'full moon' thing until I sat in an office in downtown Akron, OH at 9PM and then discovered how many nutcases just had to contact the United States Air Force - and how many of them were A)VERY big, B)VERY determined, and C)completely out of control. There were at least two shootings of recruiters nationwide during my tour (89-93), though AFIK there were no terror connections - they were just crazy. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-06-02 05:24 |
| #1 SHot by a muslim religious fanatic means this soldier was killed in the line of duty and should have benefits accordingly. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2009-06-02 00:17 |