Police: 1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting at military recruiting center

(CNN) - A U.S. soldier was killed and a second was wounded Monday in an apparent drive-by shooting Monday at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, police said.

The second soldier's injuries were not life-threatening, said police Lt. Terry Hastings.

Authorities were notified about 10:19 a.m. (11:19 a.m. ET) about a shooting at the Army/Navy Career Center, Hastings said. Arriving officers found the two soldiers had been shot.

The soldiers were part of a recruiting program called "hometown recruiting assistance," said Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis, commander of the Oklahoma recruiting battalion that oversees the Little Rock recruiting center. Under the program, recruiters have the soldiers tell their stories to potential recruits. It's a volunteer position taken while soldiers are visiting or based back in their home region, Artis said.

The two victims were just out of basic training, he said, and had not been deployed.
–CNN's Mike Phelan contributed to this report.