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US Soldier Killed at Arkansas Recruiting Center Drive-By Shooting

by Jon Azpiri | June 1, 2009 at 12:03 pm

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What appears to be a drive-by shooting took the life of a U.S. soldier at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Another soldier was wounded in the shooting.

Little Rock police arrived at the Army/Navy Career Center to find two soldiers had been shot. The soldiers were part of a recruiting program that had soldiers talk about their experiences to possible recruits.

Police have arrested Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad in connection with the shooting. He has been charged first-degree murder and 15 counts of engaging in a terrorist act for shooting at an occupied building. Military officials believe that Muhammad may have been targeting soldiers.

The slain soldier has been identified as Pvt. William Long and the wounded soldier is Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula.

The FBI is looking into the incident to see if there is any federal jurisdiction to prosecute.

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Joe armonie (not verified)

at 14:49 on June 2nd, 2009

Nice reporting. CNN readers might want to know that they are not real reporters. They just want to brain wash you into thinking the world is all good. You might want to know some more information about this peaceful man:

An FBI joint terrorism task force based in the southern U.S. reportedly had been tracking Muhammad after he traveled to Yemen and was arrested and jailed there for using a Somali passport, an official told The Associated Press. The probe had been in its early stages and based on Muhammad's trip to Yemen, ABC News reported

While there, Muhammad, who was born and raised in Tennessee, studied jihad with an Islamic scholar, according to Jihadwatch.org. He