Associated Press - January 11, 2010 6:14 AM ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The man accused of killing one soldier and wounding another outside a recruiting center in Little Rock is due in court for a pre-trial hearing.
A hearing is scheduled Monday in Pulaski County Circuit Court in the case of Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad.
Muhammad faces capital murder and attempted capital murder charges in the June 1 shooting death of Pvt. William Long of Conway and the wounding of Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula of Jacksonville. The two were shot as they stood outside the Army-Navy Career Center in west Little Rock.
Muhammad has claimed the shootings were justified retaliation for U.S. military action in the Middle East. He told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he does not believe he is guilty.
Muhammad's trial is slated to begin June 7.
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