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Military Recruiter Killed In Ark. Shooting

Police in Arkansas say a military recruiter has been killed in a shooting at an Army-Navy recruiting office in Little Rock and a second recruiter has been wounded.

Little Rock police Lt. Terry Hastings said one recruiter was fatally wounded when a man inside a black SUV fired shots at the office in west Little Rock at about 10:30 a.m.

The SUV was stopped on a highway 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.

The motive for the shootings was not immediately known.

The Little Rock Fire Department's bomb squad was called in after a suspicious device was found inside the suspect's vehicle after it was stopped, reports CBS affiliate KTHV in Little Rock.

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