Breaking: Army Recruiting Center Murder Revenge For Tiller? – Updated, And With New Video – “Motive Is Still Unclear”
Jun 1, 2009 54 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
This is either a personal vendetta, or an act of Left-Wing Extremist Terrorism
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Fox 16:
Two soldiers, just back from basic training, were gunned down this morning in front of an Army/Navy recruiting station.
Lance Luplow had just parked his car across the street when he heard the shots. “At least 6 or 7 good shots, loud bangs, big gun.”
When he ran to the scene he found both soldiers on the ground in uniform and bleeding. One of them, Quinton Ezeagwula of Conway, was still conscious and had been shot in the neck.
“The one guy was saying, ‘I can’t believe this is happening’ and he crawled into the store,” Luplow says. “And the other guy was sort of out of it. He just had a blank stare, just looking up at the sky. He wasn’t moving or anything.”
That soldier was 23-year-old William Long of Conway. He died an hour later.
Motive is still unclear
Detectives are talking to a number of witnesses in the busy shopping center near Rodney Parham and Reservoir.
At this point police don’t know if the shooter specifically targeted the victims or just the location.
The violence is puzzling to police and stunning to those who saw it happen.
“I couldn’t believe it, it was horrible,” Luplow says. “It reminds me of the Bill Gwatney situation. Basically something like that. I was just amazed, it’s crazy.”
FOX16 has also learned detectives served a search warrant at the Bristol Park apartments on Mara Lynn. Police say they’ve seized some evidence related to today’s shooting.
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