Update 1: Via Ed Morrisey @ HotAir h/t to izoneguy for pointing this out to me:  Police have identified the shooter as Carlos Bledsoe

A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one of the soldiers, police said Monday.

“This individual appears to have been upset with the military, the Army in particular, and that’s why he did what he did,” Little Rock Police Lt. Terry Hastings said in a phone interview.

“He has converted to Muslim here in the past few years,” Hastings said. “To be honest we’re not completely clear on what he was upset about. He had never been in the military.”

Hastings identified the man in custody as Carlos Bledsoe, 24, of Little Rock, who was going by the name of Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad. He did not have further details. The names of the soldiers were not released, nor was the condition of the wounded soldier.

Update 2: See our own Kenny Solomon’s take on the situation.

One soldier is dead and another is in serious condition.  I send my prayers out to the families and friends of the soldiers targeted by this act of violence.

The suspect has been taken into custody and a bomb squad has been sent out due to a suspicious device in his vehicle.

Follow the story here.