Update: 6/2 7:47 am MST
FNC is reporting that the perp Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad has pleaded NOT GUILTY at his arraignment.
(This after he 'allegedly confessed'. Must have got lawyered up. America is very, very good to him.)
Update from Jihad Watch (h/t Keefe at Table 9):
I have learned from a well-placed source that Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, who killed one soldier and wounded another
at a a Little Rock military recruiting center today, and who faces
charges of terrorism as well as first-degree murder, has recently
returned from Yemen, where he studied jihad with an Islamic scholar
there.
Apparently the Islamic scholar under whom this American convert to
Islam studied was yet another misunderstander of Islam's true, peaceful
teachings.
More on this as it develops.
He was a prison convert who had "political and religious motives for the attack." The question is: Will AG Holder order increased security for Military recruiting offices?
Oh, and I'm still waiting for Obama to condemn this heinous act.
From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:
Police say a man with “political and religious motives” confessed to
fatally shooting a new soldier and wounding another Monday in a
targeted attack on a military recruiting center. The shootings were not
believed to be part of a broader scheme.
William Long, 23, of Conway, died in the attack on the Army-Navy
Career Center in a west Little Rock shopping center, and Quinton
Ezeagwula, 18, of Jacksonville, was wounded and in stable condition,
Police Chief Stuart Thomas said.
Police arrested Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23 of Little Rock,
along a crosstown interstate moments later. Thomas said Muhammad,
previously known as Carlos Bledsoe, would be charged with capital
murder, plus 16 counts of committing a terroristic act.
A police report said Muhammad admitted that he “observed two
uniformed U.S. soldiers standing in front of the recruiting office ...
then drove in front of the army recruiting office and shot the
victims.” It did not quote Muhammad directly.
“He saw them standing there and drove up and shot them,” Lt. Terry Hastings said in an interview said. “That’s what he said.”
Thomas said that, based on an interview officers conducted with
Muhammad, the suspect “probably had political and religious motives for
the attack” on the recruiting center about 1.5 miles from his apartment.
“Mr. Muhammad, previously known as Mr. Bledsoe, did convert to Islam
sometime previously in his life. At this point it appears that he
specifically targeted military personnel, but there doesn’t appear to
be a wider conspiracy or, at this point in time, any indication that
he’s a part of a larger group or a conspiracy to go further,” the chief
said. “At this point, we believe that it’s associated with his
disagreement over the military operations.”
Melvin Bledsoe of Memphis, Tenn., the accused shooter’s father, hung
up on a reporter who called about his son’s arrest Monday night.
