Army soldiers shot and killed 12 people and wounded 31 in a rampage at Fort Hood on Thursday, officials said.
A military briefing at 4 p.m. said three soldiers fired shots at the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center, a complex of several buildings.
Most of those killed were also soldiers, according to the briefing by Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the post commander. One shooter was killed and the other two were in custody, he said.
Cone said that local police responded relatively quickly and killed one of the shooters. He said he believed that one Fort Hood civilian police officer was among the dead. Fort Hood has contract and military police, he said.
ABC News identified the dead assailant as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan of Virginia.
Cone did not speculate about a motive, but the Army released a statement saying it did not believe the shootings were an act of political terrorism.
“Its difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas. It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an Army base on American soil,” President Barack Obama said at a Tribal Nations conference at the Department of the Interior.
RTFA. Lots of first person tales of what happened. Not a lot of info, clarity, yet.
UPDATE: The CO at Fort Hood is holding a press conference, right now, 7:15 MST. The sole shooter in this event is not dead. He was shot multiple times and survived and is in stable condition in hospital, in custody.
3 soldiers held for questioning have all been released. AFAIK, a single shooter incident.
MORE UPDATE: My hero is Kimberly Munley, a civilian cop who responded within 3 minutes from nearby with her partner. She took down the shooter while being shot herself by Hasan.
#58, Dr. Dudd,
So Mr Muslim goes on a killing spree for Allah, but it’s OK because Christians are just as bad?
Phydeau never made any suggestion that that was the case. His point, and I wholey agree, is it is wrong to start slinging shit for the mere fact you are a racist asshole.
If you really think he was on a jihad then please post some proof. Until then you just remain another wing nut tea bagger that hates America.
#56 Let me say it again, f*ckhead. NO ONE IS SAYING IT’S OK HE KILLED PEOPLE. Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick, you are one dumb wingnut.
And Christians are just as bad in the proselytizing department. Read the words, study them, and comprehend them.
We get it, pal. You hate Muslims.
I only scream Allahu Akbar when I’m coming.
Sigh… I’m bad with the quotes… I was responding to #58 not #56. Distracted by so much blatant stupidity around. 🙂
#59 Mr. Fusion,
Being harassed or discriminated is not an excuse for going on a killing spree but may be in your world it is…
One needs to be a twisted monster or a jihadist (which is basically the same) to justify such an act.
#62 – LOL!!!
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#60-Mr Fusion-you are a racist asshole…
If anyone would know – you would.
#63-Phydeau
Settle down – you act like you are in the middle of a jihad jerk and can’t decide if you or Mr Fusion is the pivot man.
If you guys feel this strongly about it maybe you can go out in the desert and share a suicide bomb belt.
#66 Why don’t you brush up on your reading comprehension and not accuse people of saying things they’re not saying. Then people won’t react so strongly.
And yes, we understand… anyone who doesn’t hate Muslims as passionately as you is obviously a jihad lover. Riiiiiiiight. Where’s that eye-rolling icon when you need it?
#67-Phydeau
So you are saying it’s OK for you to creatively edit thoughts but don’t like it when it’s done to you?
Imagine that.
#68 You think someone’s misrepresenting what you’re saying, speak up. I haven’t heard you complain yet.
Well, it’s good to know that it was an evil jihadist plot. After all, no American soldier has ever shot a fellow soldier. Ever. And no American soldier has ever been mentally unstable. Ever.
#62, Sister Mary,
Hey, are you still joining us for dinner Saturday? I hope I don’t sound rude, ya know, cause if your coming I’ll want to record all those ally akburs.
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For the longest time I thought Allahu Akbar meant, “wrong hole!”
Don’t let muslims into the armed forces… Face it, you can’t help alot of em being wackos who are gonna go berzerk killing and raping strangers, but at least if they’re true Americans they’ll go berzerk against unamericans…..