A man opened fired in a Greensboro, North Carolina, Armed Forces Career Center on Monday after learning he was disqualified from enlisting in the Army.
Marine Corps and Navy Officials told Military Times that six people were present when James Alexander Cooper fired into the recruitment center. According to spokespeople from both the Marines and Navy, four Marines and two Navy recruiters were in the building when the shooting started.
No Army personnel were present at the time of the shooting. There were also no Air Force recruiters due to COVID-19 restrictions.
“No Marines were hurt in the incident,” Capt. Ryan Lowcher, a 4th Marine Corps District spokesperson told Military Times. No Navy personnel suffered injuries during the attack, either.
By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 17, 2020 WASHINGTON A 36-year-old man who had been repeatedly denied enlistment into the Army faces multiple felony charges after police charged him Monday with shooting into a military recruiting center in Greensboro, N.C., according to authorities. James Alexander Cooper was arrested soon after he fired shots at about 6 p.m. at the Armed Forces Recruiting Center and charged with a felony count of discharging a firearm into an occupied building and multiple misdemeanors including six counts of assault with a deadly weapon, said Ron Glenn, a spokesman for the Greensboro police. Cooper remained in the Greensboro jail on Thursday held on $160,000 bond, according to court records.
A Man Disqualified from Joining the Army Allegedly Returned and Shot Up the Recruiting Station
A photo of the Greensboro, North Carolina, recruiting station after the Dec. 14 shooting. Photo via Recruiter Times Facebook page
16 Dec 2020 Task & Purpose | By Haley Britzky
This article by Haley Britzky originally appeared on Task & Purpose, a digital news and culture publication dedicated to military and veterans issues.
A person who applied to join the Army but was disqualified allegedly returned on Monday evening and fired shots at a recruiting station in North Carolina, officials confirmed to Task & Purpose. Shots were fired at the Greensboro, North Carolina, Army Recruiting Station the evening of Dec. 14, causing damage to the entrance of the facility, Kelli Bland, a spokeswoman for U.S. Army Recruiting Command, said in a statement. The station was closed, and no Army personnel were present at the t