UPDATE: Ft. Hood shooter is still alive and in custody

UPDATE:  FORT HOOD, Texas - A U.S. Army spokesman says the Fort Hood shootings suspect is alive and was not killed by authorities
responding to the attack. Lt. Gen. Bob Cone also says the death toll from the attack remains 12 after another victim died.
   
Authorities said immediately after Thursday’s attack that they had killed the suspected shooter. But Cone now says the suspected
shooter is alive and stable condition. Cone offered little explanation to reporters at a news conference as to why the suspect was believed dead, saying only there was confusion at the hospital.

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    FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
    Lt. Gen Bob Cone said at a news conference that one shooter has been killed and two suspects were apprehended on Thursday. He says they are all U.S. soldiers.
    The shooting began around 1:30 p.m. Cone says that all the casualties took place at the base’s Soldier Readiness Center where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening.
    He says the primary shooter used two handguns in the attack.
   
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