At Least 7 Dead, 12 Wounded in Shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas

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Thursday, November 05, 2009


DEVELOPING: A mass shooting at Ft. Hood military base in Texas has left at least 7 dead and 12 wounded, officials told Fox News.

There were two shooters in the Army base massacre in Killeen, the New York Post reported. One suspect was in custody and the other was on the loose, Fox News confirmed.

The attack apparently happened at the base's Soldier Readiness Center. Army officials didn't know whether the victims were civilians or military personnel.

The men were reportedly dressed in Army fatigues, but military officials couldn't confirm that they were Army personnel.

The base and area schools were on lockdown after the mass shooting, and all those on the Army base were asked to gather for a head count.

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At least seven people are dead and 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, the base's public affairs office told NBC News on Thursday.

The official would not give his name nor additional details. It was unknown whether victims are soldiers or civilians. One gunman was reportedly in custody and another was on the loose, NBC News said. A third shooter may be involved, according to NBC News affiliate KCEN, which said the person had opened fire on the SWAT team at the base.

KCEN reported that a policeman was among those shot.

KCEN in Waco reported that the second suspect may be holed up in a building on the post. A congressman told MSNBC that a graduation ceremony may have been taking place at the time of the shooting.

According to unconfirmed reports, one of the shooters was being surrounded by police in the 42006 building on Fort Hood. That source told KCEN the shooter has a high-powered rifle.

The base was reportedly on lockdown. The Killeen Independent School District said all Fort Hood schools are on lockdown.

Temple ISD is on a "soft" lockdown. Parents will be able to pick their children up at the normal times, though they may experience delays.

FBI agents were reportedly on the way to the post.

Fort Hood is adjacent to Killeen, and 60 miles northeast of Austin. The sprawling complex is home to at least 4,929 active duty officers and 45,414 enlisted. Civilian employees total nearly 9,000.
 
Wonder if it's some kind of wacko's or terrorist inspired? I always get suspicious when they don't release the suspects name when they have him in custody.
 
Originally Posted By: jumprightinitWonder if it's some kind of wacko's or terrorist inspired? I always get suspicious when they don't release the suspects name when they have him in custody.

Well, it does eliminate a white hetro sexual male of a christian faith. At least they told us who is not.
 
"dead gunman's name is Maj.Malik Nadal Hasan who is Black and just converted to the Muslim Faith". I hope when this muslim terrorist gets to hades he if suprised to find out that he isn't a martyr and his 72 virgins are all male cameljockeys. My condolences to the victims families. The Armed Forces of the USA should outlaw the muslim religion.
 
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UPDATE:

U.S. Officials Identifies Gunman at Fort Hood

A shooting rampage Thursday afternoon at the Army's Fort Hood in Texas killed 11 and wounded 31 before the gunman was killed and two suspects taken into custody.

All three of the people believed to have carried out the shooting were soldiers, Lt. General Bob Cone told reporters Thursday evening, though the motive remains unclear.

AP cites an unnamed source saying the gunman was Major Malik Nadal Hasan, though authorities have not publicly identified him.

Cone said witnesses reported seeing more than one shooter, but that couldn't be confirmed. The primary shooter used two handguns, he said.

The shooting took place 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the post's Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers undergo medical screening before being deployed or after returning from overseas.

"We have a terrible, tragic situation here," said Cone. "Soldiers, family members and the civilians that work here are absolutely devastated."

Cone said the injuries "vary significantly" among the victims wounded in the shooting. The victims include one civilian police officer.

George Stratton's son George Stratton III was five feet away from the shooter at the Soldier Readiness Center and suffered a gunshot wound to his left shoulder.

"I talked to him right before surgery. He said, 'Dad, I'm getting ready to go into surgery ... I love you,'" George Stratton told FoxNews.com.

It was the second time the 18-year-old from Idaho called his father after the shooting. The first time was a voice mail he left while in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.

"Dad, I've just been shot and going to be OK. I'm in an ambulance," he said in the message.

President Obama called the shooting a "horrific outburst of violence" on members of the nation's armed forces. "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil."

He said he doesn't yet know all the details but promised the government would get "answers to every single question."

Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said the shooting was a terrible tragedy for all of the military families affected.

The base and area schools were on lockdown after the mass shooting, and all those on the Army post were asked to gather for a head count.
 
This really ticks me off. The white house must have to to Fox News, Shep isn't even saying the muslims name. But what do you expect when the commander in chief is a closet muslim?
 
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Official sources have named Major Malik Nadal Hasan , a psychiatrist who reportedly didn't believe in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and wanted out of the military before he was set to be deployed overseas.
 

islam is NOT a religion. It is nothing more than a 1,400 year old dedicated killing machine. We need to eliminate this cancer from the earth or we will be all destroyed.
 
With our current PREZ? That wont happen! They will make up a new disorder. Post sumthing muslim bashing deployment "Its bushes fault: syndrome! Just you wait!
 
We know our Government will do nothing constructive to eliminate these people. They will instead pass more laws, limiting our liberties, making it harder for us to defend ourselves. The Patriot Act, while enacted with well meaning intentions, is now being used by not so well meaning scum bags in Washington to screw us.This is just a minor bump in the road to them, another great chance to enact even more stupid laws. The Muslim problem reaps benifits for the Government, just like open boarders.
We know this terrorist spent no time in a war zone, yet we will be reminded how war screwed him up.As if to say it is Bush's fault.
 
According to relatives of the gunman, they believe persecution because of his muslim faith caused this nut to snap. The relatives are blaming the Army for goodness sake. However, one bright spot to this story. Eyewitnesses say that a female security guard managed to shoot Hasan 4 times. Initial reports stated that Hasan was killed because this brave female lit the evil idiot up.
 
Let's open our doors to more of these people and just bend over. We have radical backed mosques through out America and we have little idea as to what goes on in them. Muslims are in every city. There through out the military and Gov offices. How many more "cells" will have to be exposed before people will get the point.

People are so afraid to say the truth, Muslims are not our friends, there the enemy. They have been the enemy of Judaism and Christians for thousands of years. Has there mindset changed toward infidels? There a virus that spreads through the world unchecked. They hid behind our laws and yell racist if you call them on there actions.

It's sicking as to how Americans act when this so called religion of peace commits a crime or demands special treatment. You have many murders, rapist and thousands of former prison residents that get the Islam rebirth, change there name to some Muslim handle and head for there local mosque to join the ongoing jihad against the country that gave them birth.

How many times have we seen the real Islam, the real Muslim teachings and given the chance, what they will do. I am surprised that something like this hasn't happened before this. With this guy being a Muslim, it will be played down and centered on his troubled past. His anti-american ideas were posted in different internet sites, a former co-worker told of his mutterings about his anti-american comments and know one raised a red flag? How many more of these silent jihadist walk among us??? But we won't do anything because that would be racist. We tiptoe around the issue, we look the other way and we let the enemy get a solid foot hold in our back yards.

I wonder when America will wake up to this evil that has spread though out the free world and say not here...


""FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday.""

""At least six months ago, Hasan came to the attention of law enforcement officials because of Internet postings about suicide bombings and other threats, including posts that equated suicide bombers to soldiers who throw themselves on a grenade to save the lives of their comrades.""
 
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Originally Posted By: HunterBear71According to relatives of the gunman, they believe persecution because of his muslim faith caused this nut to snap. The relatives are blaming the Army for goodness sake. However, one bright spot to this story. Eyewitnesses say that a female security guard managed to shoot Hasan 4 times. Initial reports stated that Hasan was killed because this brave female lit the evil idiot up.

It is my understanding that she was seriously wounded and originally announced KIA but that was an error and she is alive and expected to recover, thank God.
 
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