NATIONAL BRIEFING / ARKANSAS
A man with “political and religious motives” killed a soldier just out of basic training and wounded another in a targeted attack on a Little Rock military recruiting center, police said.
Police said the suspect, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, told them that he saw two soldiers in uniform, drove up to the recruiting center and started shooting.
William Long, 23, of Conway, Ark., died and Quinton Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, Ark., was wounded and in stable condition, Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.
Muhammad, previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, was not part of a group nor was his attack part of a conspiracy, Thomas said.
Muhammad would be charged with capital murder, plus 16 counts of committing a terrorist act, he said.
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