Shooting at the Army recruitment center (Little Rock, North Little Rock: camp, car, offices)

[glass_of_merlot]

Just heard on the news about the shooting at at Army recruitment center in Little Rock. I am just curious of the location. Is it a "pepboys" auto center at the same strip mall?

[Sneezyone]

My husband is a Navy recruiter. Scares the daylights out of me that these armed kooks are running around. So many people have been unable to enlist due to their inability to meet the stringent requirements in place now (bad economy and all) and they can bear some serious grudges. DH told me about a guy who'd keep calling over and over and over again trying to explain how qualified he was...so qualified that he was unable to achieve the min. required score and was demonstrably unstable mentally. Hope this wasn't the same guy; he said he'd been to other branch offices too.

OMGosh, I just looked up the AP Story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...qPhiwD98I1JIG1

This was the office where my DH was stationed up until last month. My prayers go out to his family. So sad...and scary.

[jenni-b]

There's no Pep Boys there. That's the one on McCain in North Little Rock. This one was on Rodney Parham in little Rock.

[Sneezyone]

DH said the car had canvassed the area for a while, clearly looking for someonw to shoot. Makes ya wonder why the two came back at all after boot camp if there were people known to be after them? Still sad tho. Is it bad to feel a smidge better that the recruiters weren't the target(s)? 'Cause I do. DOH, just looked at the fox Web site and they're saying the guy did it for religious reasons? Certainly doesn't make me feel very good with DH running around in uniform all day. What is wrong with these people?

[AllenKarber]

That whole story is simply tragic,and I send my thoughts and prayers to the families of the victims.