{"id":2937,"date":"2009-11-05T17:58:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T22:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=2937"},"modified":"2009-11-06T14:09:09","modified_gmt":"2009-11-06T19:09:09","slug":"breaking-12-dead-31-wounded-in-shooting-at-fort-hood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/05\/breaking-12-dead-31-wounded-in-shooting-at-fort-hood\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: 12 Dead, 31 Wounded in Shooting at Fort Hood"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Twelve people were killed and at least 31 were wounded when a soldier went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base at Fort Hood Texas on Thursday, base commander Lieutenant-General Bob Cone said.<\/p>\n

Cone told reporters at the base that the gunman was killed in the attack at the facility, the biggest military base in the world and a prime point of deployment for U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Two other soldiers were apprehended as suspects.<\/p>\n

Cone said the shooting took place at a “Soldier Readiness Facility” where soldiers preparing for overseas deployment were getting last-minute medical checkups. The shooting took place at about 1:30 p.m. CST.<\/p>\n

“The shooter was killed. He was a soldier. We since then have apprehended two additional soldiers that are suspects. There were eyewitness accounts that there may have been more than one shooter,” Cone said .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABC News is reporting<\/a> the shooter has been identified as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a convert<\/a> to Islam:<\/p>\n

The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Nidal Malik Hasan.<\/p>\n

The shooter was killed and two other suspects, who are also soldiers, have been apprehended, Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The gunman reportedly used two handguns.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong> (6:15 p.m.): CBS News is reporting<\/a> that Maj. Hasan, 39, was a a licensed psychiatrist from Silver Spring, Md. He was apparently scheduled to deploy to Iraq and was upset<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong> (6:50 p.m.): The Austin American-Statesman is reporting<\/a> that the two suspects arrested shortly after the shooting have apparently been\u00a0 released. The Statesman also points to an AP report questioning<\/a> what Hasan’s religion was or whether he was a convert.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong> ( 7:30 p.m.): The guys over at This ain’t Hell have some how gotten their hands on a copy of Hasan’s ORB<\/a>… Contrary to media reports he’s never been deployed overseas. I guess that blows the PTSD theory out of the water…<\/p>\n

Additional updates here<\/a>…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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