{"id":11125,"date":"2009-06-01T12:55:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T17:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=11125"},"modified":"2009-06-01T18:38:05","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T23:38:05","slug":"recruiter-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=11125","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting office shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Laughing Wolf at Blackfive<\/a> writes that one recruiter was killed and another seriously wounded in Little Rock. Fox reports<\/a> that the gunman was apprehended along with his “assault rifle” – whatever that means anymore.<\/p>\n

Notice how, unlike some bloggers on the Left jumped to conclusions over yesterday’s shooting, I’m not speculating on the motivations of this shooter or his relationship to any other group of recruiter-haters until the facts are in – I caution commenters here to do the same.<\/p>\n

Added: From Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Recruiting commander Lt. Col Thomas F. Artis says the victims had just completed basic training and were spending two weeks in Little Rock to recruit in their home area, showing the difference that less than two months of training made in their lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Star Tribune<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Hastings said he did not know whether the recruiting office was specifically targeted or was randomly chosen.<\/p>\n

Hastings said shortly after noon that investigators had not yet questioned the suspect and that police were still processing evidence from the crime scene.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Navy Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Neither the victims nor suspects were named by authorities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A photo of the suspect from KATV<\/a> (Thanks to GI Jane<\/a>);
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Eyewitness interview;
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\nThe scene;
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UPDATE:<\/strong> The soldier that was killed was 23-year-old William Long <\/a>of Conway, AR.<\/p>\n

FOX16 has also learned detectives served a search warrant at the Bristol Park apartments on Mara Lynn. Police say they’ve seized some evidence related to today’s shooting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Updated again:<\/strong> Eagle-eyed readers (1stCavRVN11B, John H and mtngrandpa) in the comments section noticed that the shooter is a Muslim convert<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one of the soldiers, police said Monday.<\/p>\n

“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 in a phone interview.<\/p>\n

“He has converted to Muslim here in the past few years,” Hastings said. “To be honest we’re not completely clear on what he was upset about. He had never been in the military.”<\/p>\n

Hastings identified the man in custody as Carlos Bledsoe, 24, of Little Rock, who was going by the name of Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad. He did not have further details. The names of the soldiers were not released, nor was the condition of the wounded soldier. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See how we did that without jumping to conclusions, Andrew Sullivan<\/a>? That’s how civilized people act. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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