Deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood Army Post in TX, At least 13 confirmed dead

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WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD!?!?!?!?!
 
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I've actually lived in the Waco area, which is close to Killeen, all three share one group of news stations, and wow this is pretty shocking. They are a bunch of medium sized towns, nothing too big, and from what I am hearing they are trying to get every fire truck and ambulance down there. Right now all major news stations in the DFW area, and I suspect all over Texas are breaking into programing with this.

To give you guys some back ground Fort Hood is one of the largest military instillation in the US if not the world, managing 50 thousand soldiers and over 9 thousand civilians, it has played a major role in preparing soldiers for embarking and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Edit: They are saying there could have been 3 shooters now.

Edit: WFAA ABC DFW is saying 7 Dead, 20 Wounded now ( Army is now Confirming that 20 People are wounded )
 
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Three shooters?

That really makes me suspicious. One shooter might be a berserked soldier with PTSD, two shooters might be as well, but less likely. Three shooters suggests that this was planned out.
 
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Three shooters?

That really makes me suspicious. One shooter might be a berserked soldier with PTSD, two shooters might be as well, but less likely. Three shooters suggests that this was planned out.
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Yeah, the reason they believe that is because there were 3 different shooting locations, a processing center which is where most of the reports are focusing, a vaccination center, and a theater about a mile away. So right now they believe that it could possibly be 3.

NBC 5 DFW is saying that one shooter is still on the post right now, held up somewhere, while another is injured and in custody.

Edit: CNN from the Pentagon is saying 9 people may be dead now.
 
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The President will be addressing the issue in the next half hour, according to Major Garret.

FBI is saying that terrorism is not a factor in this.
 
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From what I am hearing from CNN and WFAA is that 12 dead, 30 injured, one of the 12 dead is one of the gunmen involved.

Lt General at Fort Hood is giving a live news conference

"We are very close to a Resolution"

"Shooter was killed at the medical facility"

"12 Dead, 31 Wounded"

"Shooter was a soldier, 2 additional soldiers that are suspects are in custody"

"All were shot at the Soldier Readiness facility, two weapons involved both handguns"

"One Fort Hood Civilian Police Officer among the dead"
 
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Huh, and yet no Canadian station is covering this right now. CBC, Global, CTV, and CBC Newsworld are all showing regular programs without even a time ticker at the bottom. Balloon boy got more press coverage up here.
 
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Yup, it's on the BBC now. Prayers to the families of those who passed away...

Well, I hope they find out the reason for this senseless shooting...
 
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The name of the killer has been leaked, his name is: Major Malik Nadal Hasan and the rumor was is that he was upset about being deployed. The name is being embargoed by the news at the moment for a variety of reasons it seems, most likely until the official announcement comes. But it does go with the MSNBC report of the soldier being a Major in his late 30s "with an Arabic sounding name"

As sad as this is, it could have been much worse, from what I am hearing there are several schools located on or around the base.

Edit: According to Brian Ross at ABC, Hasan was a convert to Islam. Although there has been no connection yet.

Edit Again: News Stations such as ABC are finally announcing the name over the air. Fox News is refusing to go with the name until the Pentagon releases it.

Edit Again: Fox News is saying though that he has expressed displeasure with the wars. Which goes with the other reports of him being upset at being deployed

John Carter and Kay Baily Huchetson have introduced and passed a motion for a moment of silence in both the House and the Senate.
 
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For as much as it's worth, my thoughts go out to the families of the killers and to the killers themselves.
 
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I've actually lived in the Waco area, which is close to Killeen, all three share one group of news stations, and wow this is pretty shocking. They are a bunch of medium sized towns, nothing too big, and from what I am hearing they are trying to get every fire truck and ambulance down there. Right now all major news stations in the DFW area, and I suspect all over Texas are breaking into programing with this.
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Well, Waco does have, er, a history.
 
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Well, Waco does have, er, a history.
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It does, and Fort Hood is in the county right below Waco. Within I would say about 30 to 40 minutes driving down the main highway.
 
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It does, and Fort Hood is in the county right below Waco. Within I would say about 30 to 40 minutes driving down the main highway.
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Ya, it would be pretty shocking. Either way, it's a sad day. :(
 
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A convert to Islam?

If that's true, and it's the radical type of Islam, then we can bet that ideology played a part in this. But just saying he's a convert to Islam doesn't mean much.
 
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Malik Nadal Hasan, 40 years old, Jordanian Decent, Worked at the post as possibly a Psychologist, and the FBI is initially saying it isn't a act of terrorism.

This coming from a last minute profile update on WFAA ABC News DFW

Remember it's too early to speculate, via the AP: Officials says it was not clear what Hasan’s religion was, but investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name or if he may have changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point.

Edit: ABC World News is saying he could have attended Domascus *sp * University in Syria, and backing up that he was Jordanian.
 
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the mental health guy went crazy and shot people...

life has become one giant epic fail.
 
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Hmm...

What the hell was that for?!?
 
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damn, and its wasnt that it was some random shooter, it was one of their own, how do you turn on your own comrades like that?
 
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