Army Recruiter Is Fatally Shot

[alienlovechild 75]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A United States Army soldier was shot to death and a second soldier seriously wounded outside a military recruiting station here by a man who opened fire from a vehicle Monday morning, the police and Army officials said.

A suspect in the shooting was arrested minutes later a short distance from the recruiting station, which is in a bustling suburban shopping center, by officers relying on a description of the vehicle, a black sport utility vehicle, provided by several witnesses. An assault weapon was taken from the S.U.V., a police spokesman said.

“He fired off several rounds,” a Little Rock police spokesman, Lt. Terry Hastings, said. “We have no idea of a motive.”

“We are only now beginning to question him, “Lieutenant Hastings said of the suspect.

The dead man was identified by the Pulaski County coroner’s office as William Long, 23, of Conway, Ark. The wounded soldier, identified by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as Quenton Ezeagwula, was being treated at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, a hospital spokesperson said.

The shooting occurred at 10:19, outside an Army recruiting station at the Ashley Square Shopping Center on the city’s affluent west side. The shopping center, at the intersection of Reservoir and Rodney Parham Roads, is not far from the Breckenridge and Colony West subdivisions, and also contains a pharmacy, delicatessen and restaurant.

Douglas Smith, a spokesman for the Army recruiting command at Fort Knox, Ky., said the soldiers were participants in what is known as a hometown recruiter assistance program, and had returned to Little Rock, their hometown, to talk up the Army experience with friends, relatives and former neighbors.

Although he did not have details about the victims, Mr. Smith said participants in the program tend to be new soldiers recently out of basic training.

An eyewitness, Lance Luplow, told KATV he heard six or seven shots while he was in his front yard across the street from the crime scene, and looked up to see the black vehicle pulling away and two soldiers in military fatigues wounded. He ran to over the scene, he said, adding that the windows of the vehicle were tinted, so he could not identify the driver.

One of the soldiers, shot in the buttocks and behind the ear, crawled into the recruiting office muttering, “I can’t believe this is happening,” Mr. Luplow recounted. He said recruiters and soldiers from inside the station immediately tried to stop the bleeding and apply CPR to the victims.

“They were definitely targeted,” Mr. Luplow said of the soldiers, noting that the truck seemed to stop briefly in front of the office when the shots were fired and then sped off afterward.

A broad section of the shopping center’s parking lot was still cordoned by yellow police tape three hours after the shooting, as police technicians scoured the scene looking for fingerprints and taking measurements.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/us/02recruit.html

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

A terrorist for sure! Waterboard him!

[alienlovechild 75]

Police in Little Rock, Ark., say a man whoshot two new Army soldiers, killing one, at a military recruiting center likely had "political and religious motives."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523860...test=latestnews

Think this story will get a tenth of the news coverage of the abortion doctor murder? Judging by the tepid response thus far I guess the murder and wounding of two young American soldiers in Arkansas just isn't a big deal. Bias in the media strikes again.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Police in Little Rock, Ark., say a man whoshot two new Army soldiers, killing one, at a military recruiting center likely had "political and religious motives."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,523860...test=latestnews

Think this story will get a tenth of the news coverage of the abortion doctor murder? Judging by the tepid response thus far I guess the murder and wounding of two young American soldiers in Arkansas just isn't a big deal. Bias in the media strikes again.

Its just rampid these days.

[Mark&Steph 0]

Is this the same one that charles posted about earlier?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=200053

[alienlovechild 75]

Is this the same one that charles posted about earlier?

My bad but there are what 6 threads on the abortion doctor killings so I guess it's ok.

"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."

"Muhammad faces one capital murder charge, and 15 counts of terroristic acts."

http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0609/627959.html

A black guy and Muslim so he's probably a Democrat terrorist.

[Mark&Steph 0]

My bad but there are what 6 threads on the abortion doctor killings so I guess it's ok.

Whatever. Make a dozen more if you like. *shrugs*

My heart goes out to these guys and I'm very glad they caught the #######.

[scandal 951]

Its just rampid these days.

oh, i get it.

ram -- pid.

RAM - PID

Random Access memory.

Process ID.

Check!

Yeah, there is a lot of that going around these days

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Its just rampid these days.

oh, i get it.

ram -- pid.

RAM - PID

Random Access memory.

Process ID.

Check!

Yeah, there is a lot of that going around these days

Ain't got tiem to teach you english, boy! So, y'all jest better pay atentshun!

[john & jean 37]

WE HAVE A CONFIRMED CURE FOR HIM

[tallcoolone 102]

I say stick a 9mm up the killer ####### and pull the trigger until it's out of bullets............

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Should we waterboard this Radical Muslim Fascist terrorist?

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Should we waterboard this Radical Muslim Fascist terrorist?

Dude he has RIGHTS!

[john & jean 37]

Should we waterboard this Radical Muslim Fascist terrorist?

Dude he has RIGHTS!

1. trial

2. conviction

3. EXECUTION

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Should we waterboard this Radical Muslim Fascist terrorist?

no, he's really just an angry democrat.