Muslim Convert Shoots 2 at Arkansas Military Recruiting Center

(Fox News) - A man with "political and religious motives" killed a soldier just out of basic training and wounded another Monday in a targeted attack on a military recruiting center in Arkansas, police said. The shootings were not believed to be part of a broader scheme.

The suspect, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, had reportedly been under investigation by the FBI Joint Terrorist Task Force after he traveled to Yemen and was arrested there for using a Somali passport.

According to ABC News, the investigation was in its early stages and was based on Muhammad's travel to Yemen.

A police report based on an interview with the suspect says Muhammad, 23, told police he observed two soldiers in uniform, drove up to the recruiting center in Little Rock and started shooting.

"He saw them standing there and drove up and shot them," Lt. Terry Hastings told The Associated Press. "That's what he said."

Muhammad had converted to Islam at some point in his life and interviews with police show he "probably had political and religious motives for the attack," Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.

Muhammad, previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, was not part of a larger group nor was his attack part of a larger conspiracy, Thomas said.

Gunman Shoots 2 at Arkansas Military Recruitment Center
"We believe that it's associated with his disagreement over the military operations," the police chief said.

The two soldiers who were shot had completed basic training within the past two weeks and were not regular recruiters, said Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis of the Oklahoma City Recruiting Battalion, which oversees the Little Rock office.

William Long, 23, died, and Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, was wounded and in stable condition, Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.

Police arrested Muhammad, 23, along an interstate highway moments after the shootings. Thomas said Muhammad would be charged with first-degree murder, plus 16 counts of committing a terroristic act. Thomas said those counts result from the gunfire occurring near other people.

Witnesses told police that a man inside a black vehicle pulled up outside the recruiting center and opened fire about 10:30 a.m. Long fell onto the sidewalk outside the center while Ezeagwula was able to crawl toward its door.

Police said an assault rifle and other weapons were found in the vehicle when Muhammad was arrested.

More news here:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/01/arkansas.recruiter.shooting/index.htm...

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2009/06/01/recruitment-center-shoo...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/026379.php

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[NoDhimmiJimmi]

Keep Gitmo and make a huge addition for the extras like this guy. Then give them something to do - like making Bibles!  That would make it a true "hell on earth" for these guys.

[ThanxALott]

Ouch! That would be "cruel and unusual" punish. We wouldn't wanna make them mad at us.

[JCGMich29]

Please don't steryotype. CAIR (Council for American and Islamic Relations) says only one in ten Muslim converts become Western hating mass murderers. So a full 9 out of ten Muslim converts (a huge majority) DO NOT become Western hating murderers. Please stop with the prejudiced comments.

[ThanxALott]

You TRUST C.A.I.R.? Various article headlines about C.A.I.R.: - "FBI Cuts Ties With CAIR Following Terror Financing Trial" - "Islamic Groups Named in Hamas Funding Case" - "CAIR Sued by Former Clients for Racketeering, Fraud, & Breach of Fiduciary Duties" - "Obama Muslim Advisor linked to Hamas, CAIR" - "CAIR Executive Director Placed at HAMAS Meeting" The list goes on... Trust C.A.I.R.? Not me. People, go to ANTI-CAIR-NETdot ORG to get an in depth look into C.A.I.R.

[Dealz1988]

Love goes out to the family of the victim its a shame his life was cut so short, but his family should still feel Proud

He was a young Recuit but got to where our country's uniform before he died.

Rest Well Brave Soldier

[ThanxALott]

We need to treat our soldiers with respect whether we agree or disagree with the policies of our Presidents. We wouldn't have the freedoms that we enjoy without them. 400,000 Americans killed in WW2 in the fight against Hitler and the Japanese. The Japanese were no real threat to America, BUT if Hitler would have defeated all European forces, it is hard to say how many Americans would have been killed...on our own soil. Would we have won? Maybe. The Germans were working on their own nuke.

[imreadyyo26]

this is the fakest crap i ever seen! how come people dont believe fox when it comes to anything else,but when its about muslims being terrorists they fall for it? maybe because our media knows how racist Americans are so they use it to there advantage. all of America is sleep.

[UniteProductions1]

Fake

[AntiStupidity]

@JCGMich29

Holy shit. You need to get your critical thinking mechanism checked out.

Do you know how many Muslims in muslim only communities who do not commit these crimes, also do not confess or co-operate with the police when they do occur from people who live in their area?

Also, if 10% of people are willing to blow themselves up or destroy western values from being converted... Does that not say something about the literature of the koran itself, or the imams who preach ir to them?

[sulyman751]

LOVE YOU MY BRAVE BROTHER... MAY THE LIKES OF YOU FLOODS THIS LAND WHO NOT ONLY KILL BUT SUPPORT OTHERS TO EXTERMINATES US ALL OVER THE WORLD !...

[matador5135]

Send this douchebag to GITMO and keep him there forever!!!!

[trigun890]

holy shit little rock is no longer safe ahhh ark is falling to shit like all the other states

[rmstudio]

@NoDhimmiJimmi Amen!

[ever1ast]

@howie1962 absolutely