LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An Army recruiter was killed today, Monday, June 1, 2009, in a shooting at a recruiting office in Little Rock, and a second recruiter was wounded.
Police have arrested a suspect but don't yet know what the shooter's motive was.
Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings said the recruiter was shot to death when a man inside a black SUV opened fire on the office in west Little Rock at about 10:30 a.m.
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.
The vehicle was stopped on Interstate 630 a short time later and a suspect was taken into custody. Hastings said the suspect pulled over and surrendered without incident. Police found an assault rifle in the vehicle.
Hastings said a little after noon that investigators had not yet questioned the suspect. Police were still at the recruiting office processing evidence from the crime scene.
Hastings said he did not know whether the recruiting office was specifically targeted by the attacker or randomly chosen.
Neither the victims nor suspects were named by authorities.
As a precaution, police also called in a bomb squad because packages were in the SUV. Hastings said a robot would open the packages.
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