LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another outside an Arkansas military recruiting center is asking a judge to change his plea to guilty.
Abdulhakim Muhammad’s attorney, Claiborne Ferguson, said Thursday night that his client sent a letter to the judge in his case asking to change his plea to capital murder and attempted capital murder charges.
Ferguson says he hadn’t discussed the request with his client before the letter was sent. Prosecutors would have to agree before the judge could consider it.
Pvt. William Long of Conway was killed in the June 1 attack in Little Rock. Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula of Jacksonville was wounded.
Muhammad has called the shootings justified retaliation for U.S. military action in the Middle East. He told The Associated Press in a telephone interview last year that he doesn’t believe he’s guilty.
