UPDATE: Death toll rises to 13, following shooting at Fort Hood in Texas
Fort Hood Shootings
Fort Hood ShootingsPublished: November 6, 2009
Updated: November 8, 2009
Army investigators continue to look for answers after Thursday’s deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.
The death toll now stands at 13, and 30 more were wounded.
Police say an Army psychiatrist, who is alive and in stable condition, is in custody at this time. He was shot by a civilian police officer.
“There was a single shooter who was shot multiple times at the scene,” said U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Bob Cone. “However, he was not killed as previously reported.”
Authorities say the shooter was 39-year-old Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a military psychiatrist who was reportedly about to be shipped overseas.
Hasan allegedly walked into a processing center Thursday afternoon and opened
fire on his fellow comrades.
13 people died following the shooting, and 30 more are injured including Steve Bono’s daughter, Army Specialist Keara Bono.
“It’s a scary deal. So I’ve just been just nerves on end, you know? Trying to figure out what’s going on here,“ said Steve Bono.
Federal officials are also trying make sense of this tragedy. The big question for investigators is why a fellow soldier would want to hurt one of his own.
“You don’t expect your own battle buddies to turn around and do something like that to you after you go to war together,” said Army Specialist Michael Stroup.
Hassan was transferred to Fort Hood after a “poor performance evaluation” at Walter Reed Medical Center.
He recently caught the attention of officials because of possible internet posts about suicide bombings and other threats. He apparently also got into arguments with other soldiers who supported the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“It’s difficult enough when we lost these brave Americans in battles overseas,” said President Obama.
It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil.“
Military officials say they want things at Ford Hood to return to normal as soon as possible, but the tight-knit community will no doubt be shaken for a very long time.
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