Shooting with casualties reported at Ft. Hood

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BREAKING: CBS News sources say Ft Hood shooter is 34 yr old Ivan Lopez, and it was dispute involving soldiers

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Todd Starnes
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American soldiers slaughtered at Fort Hood. Obama makes brief statement -- then heads off to raise more cash for Democrats at a high-dollar fundraiser.
Despicable, Mr. President. Shameful, sir.

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Soldier Opens Fire At Fort Hood; 4 Dead, Several Injured

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/04/02/search-for-active-shooter-on-fort-hood-base/

FORT HOOD (CBSDFW.COM) - Four people are confirmed dead and at least 14 people are injured following a shooting at the Fort Hood army post Wednesday evening, according to the House Homeland Security Chair and U.S. Representative from Texas Michael McCaul.  CBS News confirms the shooter is among the dead and was killed by a self-inflicted wound.  The shooter has been identified as a soldier.  He has been identified at 34-year-old Ivan Lopez.  The shooting reportedly started as the result of a dispute between soldiers.

KWTX also reports approximately 20 rounds were fired. The FBI, Bell County Sheriff?s Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety all responded to the shooting.

Fort Hood has sent a tweet asking all personnel to take shelter in place. Sirens have been going off on post to alert people to about the situation:

    All personnel on post are asked to shelter in place.

    ? Fort Hood (@forthood) April 2, 2014

The 1st Calvary Division, based at Fort Hood, also sent an alert via Twitter warning people to close doors and stay away from windows.

    ALERT: All personnel on Fort Hood should shelter in place immediately, close doors and stay away from windows.

    ? 1st Cavalry Division (@1stCavalryDiv)

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Text of Obama's Remarks on Fort Hood Shooting
April 3, 2014 (AP)
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Text of President Barack Obama's remarks at a Chicago restaurant about Wednesday's shooting incident at Ford Hood, Texas:



I just got off the phone with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Sandy Winnefeld to get the latest report on the situation at Fort Hood.

Obviously, we're following it closely. The situation is fluid right now, but my national security team is in close contact with not just the Defense Department, but the FBI. They are working with folks on the ground to determine exactly what happened, to make sure that everybody is secure. And I want to just assure all of us that we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened.

You know, any shooting is trouble. Obviously this reopens the pain of what happened at Fort Hood five years ago. We know these families. We know their incredible service to our country and the sacrifices that they make. Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community. And we are going to do everything we can to make sure that the community of Fort Hood has what it needs to deal with the current situation but also any potential aftermath.

We're heartbroken that something like this might have happened again. And I don't want to comment on the facts until I know exactly what has happened. But for now, I would just hope that everybody across the country is keeping the families and the community of Fort Hood in our thoughts and in our prayers. The folks there have sacrificed so much on behalf of our freedom. Many of the people there have been through multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. They serve with valor, they serve with distinction, and when they're at their home base, they need to feel safe.

We don't yet know what happened tonight, but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again. And we're going to have to find out exactly what happened. The Pentagon will undoubtedly have further briefings for you as we get more details about what happened.

Thanks, everybody.

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Exclusive! See alleged Fort Hood shooter?s photo

http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/unthinkable-terror-hits-fort-hood-again/

The unthinkable is happening at Fort Hood, Texas, the site of a 2009 terror massacre that killed 14, with another mass shooting involving an unknown number of casualties and injured victims.

Four people are dead ? including the suspect ? and as many as 14 people injured in a shooting Wednesday at 4:25 p.m. CDT at the U.S. Army?s largest military installation, according to breaking news reports.

The FBI and ATF have responded to the scene of the shooting. Unconfirmed reports say the shooter, identified as 34-year-old Ivan Lopez, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Pete Williams of NBC News reported that the attacker had been wearing an Army combat uniform.

Three injured soldiers are being treated at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, a city about 20 minutes outside Fort Hood. The hospital said two soldiers were critical and one is in very critical condition.

KCEN-TV reported that the shooting had taken place at a medical support building on the Army post. While the shooting was happening, soldiers were reportedly jumping over fences to escape the attacker.

Fort Hood, a sprawling Army post next to Killeen, Texas, had been under a shelter-in-place order most of the evening but is now re-opening. Warning sirens had been sounding across the post, warning, ?Close your windows! Seek shelter immediately!? Wounded victims were transported to local hospitals.

Now, many soldiers are sitting in traffic jams, stuck in their cars as they try to leave the gates of the post.

The local newspaper, the Killeen Daily Herald, ran this photo of a Spc. Ivan Lopez at Fort Hood in 2010:

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4 dead, including shooter, at Fort Hood

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/02/us/fort-hood-shooting/index.html

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(CNN) -- [Breaking news alert published at 10:57 p.m. ET]

-- Four people have died -- including the suspected shooter -- as a result of Wednesday's shooting at Fort Hood, said the Army post's commander, Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley. He said 16 people were wounded at the installation in central Texas.

-- There is no known motive. "There is no indication that this incident is related to terrorism although we are not ruling anything out," Milley said.

-- The suspected shooter "had behavioral health and mental health" issues, according to Milley.

-- An Army soldier "fired shots at individuals within the unit areas here" at Fort Hood and "the post immediately went into lockdown," Milley said.

-- The suspect was engaged by military police before he fatally shot himself in the head.

[Original story published at 10:35 p.m. ET]

Multiple people died and others were injured Wednesday when a shooter opened fire at Fort Hood, the sprawling Army post in Texas still on edge after a mass shooting left 13 dead in 2009, officials said.

A senior military official and law enforcement official said the suspected shooter was among the dead. The Army post said the report was "unconfirmed."

The initial report is the incident started as a soldier-on-soldier attack, law enforcement sources told CNN. The preliminary assessment is that the incident is not terror-related, the sources said.

Fort Hood did not give specific numbers on casualties.

Four patients were being treated at Scott & White Hospital in Temple and two others will require surgery soon after being airlifted there. The patients' conditions range from "stable to quite critical," according to a hospital official.

Others were taken to Darnall Army Medical Center, not far from the Medical Brigade building where the shooting occurred, said a soldier who lives nearby and who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

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Shooter was being evaluated for mental heath issues/PTSD/traumatic brain injury.  Was on medication.

They have not notified his next of kin, so they will not release his name.

He served 4 months in Iraq in 2011.

Shooting occurred at two different buildings, the shooter drove from one location to another.

Shooter was using a S&W .45 caliber automatic pistol.

Arrived at Ft. Hood in February.

He was in a parking lot when engaged by military police; shot himself in the head when confronted.

Again refused to rule out terrorism, although nothing is pointing to it at this time.

Was not wounded in action nor has a Purple Heart.

All casualties were military.

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Lt. General Mark Milley, commander of Ft. Hood is speaking.

Shooting started at roughly 4:00PM.

Lock down lifted.

Police engaged the shooter who then killed himself.

They do not see any links to terrorism, but "nothing has been ruled out."  FBI, AFT, local PD, Texas Rangers, Texas DPS, Army CID, etc. are assisting.

16 injured, 3 dead, not counting the shoo

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Four dead and sixteen injured as uniformed soldier with suspected PTSD opens fire before killing himself at base where 13 were shot dead by radical Muslim officer in 2009

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595587/BREAKING-NEWS-Active-shooter-confirmed-Ford-Hood-military-base.html

Four people are dead and 16 people injured after a uniformed soldier with suspected PTSD opened fire on Fort Hood military base, where 13 people were killed in a massacre in 2009.

In a Wednesday night press conference, Lt Gen. Mark A. Milley confirmed shots rang out at the Killeen, Texas, base around 4p.m. local time and that military police responded within 15 minutes.

Milley said the shooter, identified earlier as 34-year-old Ivan Lopez, entered one building and fired shots at individuals then returned to a vehicle before entering a second building to fire more shots.

He finally turned his weapon, a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol, on himself after a heroic female military police approached and engaged him, Milley said.

'It was clearly heroic what she did. She did her job and she did exactly what we would expect from a US military police,' he said, though didn't identify her.

Milley confirmed the married shooter had served in Iraq for four months in 2011, and was being treated for depression and anxiety. He was also in the process of being assessed for post traumatic stress disorder, though Milley insisted he had not yet been officially diagnosed.

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3 Victims, Gunman Dead After Second Fort Hood Mass Shooting

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Active-Shooter-Reported-at-Fort-Hood-253636461.html

Four people are dead, including the gunman, and another 16 are injured in a mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army post Wednesday. One of the survivors is in grave condition, NBC News reports.

More than four hours after the shooting, all-clear sirens sounded as the lockdown at the post was lifted. Hundreds of cars began streaming from the giant complex, many including children who had been kept locked-down in schools since gunshots were first reported at about 4:30 p.m.

A military official told NBC News that the deceased shooter, identified as 34-year-old enlisted Army soldier Ivan Lopez, took his own life and appeared to be the only shooter, despite an earlier report of two possible gunmen.

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, the commanding general at Fort Hood, refused to identify the gunman during a news conference Wednesday night pending notification of family members.

Milley said the sequence of events are not 100 percent clear but that investigators believe the shooting began when a soldier assigned to the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) fired shots at individuals in the 1st Medical Brigade. Milley said the shooter then left that building, got into a vehicle and continued firing. He then went to another building at the post, went inside and opened fire.  The gunman, when confronted by a military police officer, put his gun to his head and pulled the trigger.

The gunman was armed with a single weapon, a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun he had recently purchased, Milley said.

The gunman had served four months in Iraq in 2011 and was currently under diagnosis for post traumatic stress disorder, but had not been officially diagnosed with PTSD, Milley said. He added the shooter was undergoing behavioral health care for depression and anxiety, had a self-reported traumatic brain injury and was not physically injured in combat.

NBC News learned that Lopez served with the Puerto Rican Army National Guard and was an E4 in the U.S. Army.  NBC News reported that the shooter was in uniform and that the shooting rampage may have resulted from an argument with other soldiers in the motor pool and was not related to terrorism.

    For more coverage, visit NBC News.

The names of the victims have not yet been released, though Milley did confirm that all of the victims are military personnel.  Officials at Fort Hood said the names of the victims will be released 24 hours after all family have been notified.

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Fort Hood official: Gunman killed three, injured 16 before killing self

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/official-shooting-reported-at-fort-hood/nfQyw/

FORT HOOD ?

9:50 p.m. update: Fort Hood officials say the gunman at the post killed three people and wounded 16 before killing himself Wednesday afternoon.

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said the soldier, whose name was not released, was being treated for mental health issues. He had served in Iraq for four months in 2011, Milley said.

?Obviously we are digging deep into his background,? including combat, psychological and criminal history, Milley said.

He said there was no indication the incident was part of a terroristic plot, but that investigators were not ruling anything out.

All of those killed and injured were military personnel, Milley said.

8:55 p.m. update: At 8:50 p.m., sirens at Fort Hood went off, signaling the end of the lockdown at the post. Cars immediately began pouring out of Fort Hood?s main gate.

8:45 p.m. update: A shooting left four dead and 14 injured at this massive Army post Wednesday afternoon, according to U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, who told reporters that it is ?way too early? to know the shooter?s motive.

McCaul said the suspected shooter used a .45-caliber pistol and died at the scene, and that he was wearing an Army uniform. He said it wasn?t clear if he was an active duty soldier or an ?impostor.? He said the victims are presumed to be soldiers.

?It is very tragic that this is happening in our backyard,? McCaul said.

The Associated Press reported that the gunman shot himself, citing a Justice Department report.

Four patients are at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, the highest level trauma center in the region, with conditions ranging from ?stable to quite critical,? according to Dr. Glen Couchman, chief medical officer at Scott & White. He did not have details on their injuries. He indicated that two more patients are being flown in. All have gunshot wounds. Couchman said the hospital is ?well-stocked? with blood and blood products.?

At Fort Hood, the shooting sparked unwelcome memories of the Nov. 5, 2009, mass shooting at the post, in which then-Maj. Nidal Hasan opened fire on soldiers waiting for final medical checks, killing 13 and wounding more than 30.

As in that case, Wednesday?s shooting took place at a medical building, McCaul said.

President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday evening to ?get to the bottom? of the shooting.

?Obviously this reopened pain of what happened at Fort Hood five years ago,? he said. ?Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community and we are going to do everything we can to make the community of Fort Hood has what it needs to deal with a tough situation but also any potential aftermath.?

Tayra Dehart, whose husband is a sergeant stationed here, said she heard of the shooting on the news and headed to the post.

?I am a nervous wreck right now,? said Dehart, who is pregnant.

Her husband, who she would not name, last spoke to her around 5:30 p.m. Though he sounded nervous, he told her he was safe, she said.

A girlfriend of a private first class stationed on post who did not want to be named said she has been unable to communicate with her boyfriend since she learned of the shooting.

?That?s the scariest thing of all,? she said.

The post was locked down after the shooting and a Fort Hood soldier who answered the phone at a building near the shooting said, ?We?re camping out. ? The only guidance we?ve been giving is to hunker down.?

8 p.m. update: U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul told reporters the suspected shooter was wearing an Army uniform, but that it wasn?t clear if he was an active duty soldier or an ?imposter on the base.?

He added that the shooter used a .45-caliber pistol.

McCaul said that it is ?way too early? to know what the motive was, but noted the post had been the scene of the 2009 mass shooting by self-described jihadist Nidal Hasan and an attempted bombing a year later. ?My concern is that Fort Hood is becoming sort of a target of jihadists,? he said. ?It is very tragic that this is happening in our backyard.?

McCaul also confirmed that the shooting occurred at a medical building, but did not specify which one.

Four people injured during the shooting are at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple and two others are en route with injuries that range from stable to ?quite critical,? said Glen Couchman, the hospital?s chief medical officer.

Some of the patients have single gunshots wounds and others have multiple wounds, he and a surgeon said, with injuries to the neck, chest, abdomen and extremities.

Couchman said they expect to update the public about patient conditions again at 9:30 p.m.

7:25 p.m. update: An FBI spokeswoman said ?there is no indication at this time? that an alert that an Army recruit planned a ?Fort Hood-inspired jihad against U.S. soliders? is related to Wednesday?s shooting.

Fox News reported on Monday that the alert, referring to the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead, said FBI became aware of a recruit who had ?publicly stated his intention to commit jihad, bidding farewell to his family and friends and making comments indicating his jihad was imminent.?

Lee also said that there was no manhunt for the recruit, as Fox News suggested.

7 p.m. update: Four people, including the shooter, are dead and 14 people were wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul told CNN, saying that his information was based on a briefing he received as chairman of the House committee on homeland security.

?It?s too early to rule that out,? he said, referring to terrorism. ?The situation is very fluid at this point.?

In a statement Wednesday night, President Barack Obama said the shooting reopened the pain of what Fort Hood experienced five years ago.

?We know these families, we know the service to their country and the sacrifices that they make,? Obama said. ?Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community and we are going to do everything we can to make sure the community of Fort Hood has what it needs to deal with a tough situation but also any potential aftermath.?

A quarter-mile from the main gate at Fort Hood, police and armed military officials are questioning people as they try to approach. Only essential personal are being allowed to enter Fort Hood.

6:25 p.m. update: One person is dead and 14 people were injured in a shooting W

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Fort Hood shooting repeat renews calls for ending gun restrictions on base

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/03/fort-hood-shooting-repeat-renews-calls-for-ending-gun-restrictions-on-base/

The fatal shooting Wednesday at Fort Hood, the second in less than five years, has renewed calls for Congress and the Defense Department to end restrictions on servicemembers carrying weapons on post.

According to the Army, the gunman in Wednesday's shooting was carrying a handgun that was not registered at Fort Hood. He was able to kill three before killing himself, and wound 16.

Lawmakers, as well as survivors of the 2009 shooting, claim he could have been stopped sooner if others on base had their weapons by their side.

"When our soldiers are unarmed, they will find themselves in a situation like yesterday and in 2009," Sgt. Howard Ray, a survivor of the 2009 mass shooting in which 13 people were killed, told Fox News.

One source who was at the scene when the Fort Hood lockdown was ordered Wednesday also raised concerns about current DOD policy.

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Fort Hood Gunman Did Not See Combat in Iraq Tour, Officials Say

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/fort-hood-shooting/fort-hood-gunman-did-not-see-combat-iraq-tour-officials-n70691

The soldier who shot three people to death at Fort Hood apparently did not see combat during a tour in Iraq three years ago but was clearly troubled, under treatment for depression and anxiety and being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder.

As authorities tried to piece together a motive on Thursday for the rampage, a picture began to emerge of the gunman, identified as Spc. Ivan Lopez, 34, a married father who transferred from another base in Texas in February.

Lopez served eight years in the Army National Guard in Puerto Rico before enlisting in the Army in June 2008, military officials told the Senate on Thursday. He was assigned to Fort Bliss, Texas, before transferring to Fort Hood two months ago, according to military records.

The commanding officer of Fort Hood, Lt. Gen Mark Milley, told reporters Wednesday night that the gunman was being evaluated for PTSD but had not been diagnosed. Besides the depression and anxiety, Lopez had trouble sleeping and was taking Ambien, Army Secretary John McHugh told the Senate.

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Fort Hood shooter showed no ?sign of any likely violence,? Army secretary says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/2014/04/03/d6d39986-bb30-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_print.html

The soldier who fatally shot three people at Fort Hood, Tex., before killing himself had been undergoing treatment for depression and anxiety but had seen a psychiatrist last month and showed no ?sign of any likely violence either to himself or others,? according to Army Secretary John McHugh.

McHugh told a Senate panel that the investigation was continuing and did not comment on a possible motive, but he echoed other Army leaders in saying that there was no evidence the shooter was ?involved with extremists of any kind.?

McHugh did not identify the shooter, but other military officials and law enforcement officials have named him as Army Spec. Ivan Lopez, 34, a military truck driver. He was dressed in his standard-issue green camouflage uniform when he opened fire in two locations on the vast Army post in central Texas on Wednesday afternoon.

Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, described the shooter as ?an experienced soldier? who had given nine years of service to the Puerto Rico National Guard before enlisting in the active-duty Army in 2008.

While with the National Guard, the shooter served a one-year deployment to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. In 2011, after he joined the Army full-time, he served four months in Iraq and was one of the last U.S. troops to come home at the end of the war.

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Fort Hood shooter 'with PTSD' had not seen any combat during his tour in Iraq and used a legally-purchased gun when he opened fire on the army base killing three and injuring 16 others

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2595587/BREAKING-NEWS-Active-shooter-confirmed-Ford-Hood-military-base.html

    Lt Gen. Mark A. Milley confirmed shots rang out at the Killeen, Texas, base at 4pm local time and that military police responded within 15 minutes
    Milley said the shooter, identified earlier as Ivan Lopez, 34, entered one building and fired shots at individuals then returned to a vehicle before entering a second building to fire more shots
    He turned his .45 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol on himself after a heroic female military police officer approached and engaged him, Milley said
    Killed three others and injured 16 people, some of whom are in critical condition
    Milley confirmed the married shooter had served in Iraq for four months in 2011, and was being treated for depression and anxiety
    Specialist Lopez previously served in Puerto Rico Army National Guard
    He was also in the process of being assessed for post traumatic stress disorder, though Milley insisted he had not yet been officially diagnosed