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Police: Man upset at military shoots 2
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one, police said Monday.
"This individual appears to have been upset with the military, the Army in particular, and that's why he did what he did," Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings said.
"He has converted to (Islam) here in the past few years," Hastings said. "We're not completely clear on what he was upset about. He had never been in the military.
"He saw them standing there and drove up and shot them. That's what he said."
Police Chief Stuart Thomas said Pvt. William Long, 23, of Conway was killed. Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville was wounded and in stable condition, Thomas said.
Police arrested Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, of Little Rock, Thomas said. The suspect was previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, he said.
The soldiers wore fatigues, had recently completed basic training and volunteered to help attract others to the military, Thomas said.
He said the gunman targeted the military but was not believed to be part of a broader scheme.
Interviews with police showed that Muhammad "probably had political and religious motives for the attack," the police chief said.
Thomas said Muhammad would be charged with first-degree murder, plus 15 counts of committing a terroristic act. He said those counts result from the gunfire occurring near other people.
Hastings said the attacker pulled up in a car outside the Army-Navy recruiting office around 10:30 a.m. and fired at the soldiers outside.
According to the Associated Press, the vehicle was stopped on Interstate 630 a short time later, and the suspect was taken into custody. Police found an assault rifle in the vehicle.
Jim Richardson, the manager at a drug store around the corner from the Army-Navy center, said people at the store didn't realize anything was amiss until they heard sirens outside.
"Nobody heard any gunshots," Richardson said.
Lt. Col. Thomas Artis of the Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion, which oversees the Little Rock office, said the victims were not regular recruiters.
He said they were serving two weeks in the Little Rock office.
As part of the Hometown Recruiting Assistance Program, the soldiers were sent to "talk to friends, folks in the local area. They can show the example, 'Here's where I was, and here is where I am,' " Artis said.
Artis said neither of the soldiers had been deployed for combat.
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one, police said Monday.
"This individual appears to have been upset with the military, the Army in particular, and that's why he did what he did," Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings said.
"He has converted to (Islam) here in the past few years," Hastings said. "We're not completely clear on what he was upset about. He had never been in the military.
"He saw them standing there and drove up and shot them. That's what he said."
Police Chief Stuart Thomas said Pvt. William Long, 23, of Conway was killed. Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville was wounded and in stable condition, Thomas said.
Police arrested Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, of Little Rock, Thomas said. The suspect was previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, he said.
The soldiers wore fatigues, had recently completed basic training and volunteered to help attract others to the military, Thomas said.
He said the gunman targeted the military but was not believed to be part of a broader scheme.
Interviews with police showed that Muhammad "probably had political and religious motives for the attack," the police chief said.
Thomas said Muhammad would be charged with first-degree murder, plus 15 counts of committing a terroristic act. He said those counts result from the gunfire occurring near other people.
Hastings said the attacker pulled up in a car outside the Army-Navy recruiting office around 10:30 a.m. and fired at the soldiers outside.
According to the Associated Press, the vehicle was stopped on Interstate 630 a short time later, and the suspect was taken into custody. Police found an assault rifle in the vehicle.
Jim Richardson, the manager at a drug store around the corner from the Army-Navy center, said people at the store didn't realize anything was amiss until they heard sirens outside.
"Nobody heard any gunshots," Richardson said.
Lt. Col. Thomas Artis of the Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion, which oversees the Little Rock office, said the victims were not regular recruiters.
He said they were serving two weeks in the Little Rock office.
As part of the Hometown Recruiting Assistance Program, the soldiers were sent to "talk to friends, folks in the local area. They can show the example, 'Here's where I was, and here is where I am,' " Artis said.
Artis said neither of the soldiers had been deployed for combat.
Probably why he changed it to Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad.....
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A anti-goverment crackpot kills an Abortion doctor and it's 24-7 wall to wall coverage.
A Muslim convert kills 2 soldiers outside of a recruiting station and it barely make the news.
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The NY Post and CNBC were blaiming antiabortionist for the death of Tiller, so with that logic, can we blame CNBC and the NY Post for this?
I guess we know where they stand.
and if you don't submit to islam,we will die
But you're right - If the political speech of the anti-abortion movement is dangerous and caused the abortion doc to get shot - then logic says the political speech of the anti-war movement is dangerous and caused these innocent boys to get shot.
I emailed Rachel and asked her if she felt her focus on "torture" could have led this guy to go after the "torturers".....
What I didn't like was how he - intentionally or unintentionally - treated this shooter as though he represented the antiabortion voice in the debate. Once he shot the doc he became a criminal - nothing more nothing less.
Did you get that statistic from the National Office of Pulling Statistics Out of Your Ass?
And the guy who offed the Army kids was a criminal - an antiwar murderer.
Pretty sharp there ....
“.…opposed to the U.S. military” isn’t anti-war.
Pit Row
The parallel is between the notion of anti abortion political speech being somehow at fault for the shooting of this doc, then likewise the political speech (anti-war or anti-military) should be at fault for this guy shooting up these 2 kids in uniform.
I think the issue is also the amount of time spent by some in the media telling the story of the abortion doc shooting, and the short amount of air time the recruitment center shootings got. Not to mention the Presidential commentary that took place for the abortion doc shooting, while the anti-military shooting didn't receive any mention by the Pres.
The abortion issue has been around for decades, and millions of people feel strongly about it. There's also been lots of hours of inflammatory speeches given about it - pro and con - yet there hasn't been widespread violence over it.
Earlier in the thread you said the fault lies with the shooter and I agree with that.
now,he'll be in the middle eats giving a speech to tell the muslims how sorry he is
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