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 time of the incident."