Another Fort Hood Shooting

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Active-Shooter-Situation-Reported-At-Fort-Hood-253635771.html?device=tablet

FORT HOOD (April 2, 2014) At least one person is dead after a shooting late Wednesday afternoon on Fort Hood, a post spokesman confirmed.

Others were injured in the shooting, but the spokesman didn’t say how many.

A source told News 10 that as many as 15 wounded victims were taken to hospitals and that some were being treated at Scott & White Hospital in Temple.

Another source, however, said two people were injured.

A Scott & White spokesman confirmed the hospital was receiving victims, but didn’t know how many.

That source told News 10 there were two gunmen and that one was in custody, but there was no immediate confirmation.

That source told News 10 there were two gunmen and that one was in custody, but there was no immediate confirmation.

The gunman is still at large and the spokesman said the incident is being treated as an active-shooter situation.

“There has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. Emergency crews are on the scene. No further details are known at this time,” the post said in a brief statement issued just after 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Warning sirens sounded late Wednesday afternoon at Fort Hood because of the incident.

A man who said he was a witness told News 10 that about 20 shots were fired in a post motor pool in the area of Motor Pool Road and Tank Destroyer Boulevard.

He said at least three people were hit.

He said the three victims were taken to a hospital.

The post was on lockdown as a result of the shooting, which occurred at around 4:25 p.m.

People on post were told to stay indoors.

A message that scrolled across the top of the post’s website said, “Shelter in place immediately. This is not a test.”

The 1st Calvary Division, which is based at Fort Hood, sent a Twitter alert telling people on base to close doors and stay away from windows.

Texas A&M Central Texas in Killeen canceled evening and night classes Wednesday at Fort Hood and at its Fairway building because of the situation on post.

First responders from surrounding communities were headed to the post.

Bell County sheriff’s deputies and Department Public Safety troopers were also responding, sheriff’s Lt. Donnie Adams said.

FBI agents were also reported to be en route, but the FBI did not immediately confirm that.

Media were being directed to the post's Visitor's Center.

Some sources are reporting that the dead man was the original shooter.

I believe the death total is four and that there are perhaps eleven injured. 34 year old Ivan Lopez is the shooter's name.

Latest reports are saying there are four dead, one being the shooter who suicided.


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/02/fort-hood-shooting/7225399/


General: 4 dead, 16 wounded in Fort Hood attack

A gunman killed three people before shooting himself to death in an attack Wednesday at Fort Hood, the same base that was the scene of the worst attack on a domestic U.S. military installation five years ago, officials said.

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, head of the Army's III Corps at the Texas base, said the shooter was a veteran of combat in Iraq who had "mental health issues and was being treated for that.''

General: 4 dead, 16 wounded in Fort Hood attack

William M. Welch, USA TODAY

A gunman killed three people before shooting himself to death in an attack Wednesday at Fort Hood, the same base that was the scene of the worst attack on a domestic U.S. military installation five years ago, officials said.

Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, head of the Army's III Corps at the Texas base, said the shooter was a veteran of combat in Iraq who had "mental health issues and was being treated for that.''


A police officer checks drivers' IDs outside the main gate at Fort Hood, Texas, after a shooting at the Army base Wednesday, April 2, 2014.
"At this time there is no indication that this incident is related to terrorism, although we are not ruling anything out and the investigation continues,'' Milley said.
He said 16 people were wounded in the shooting attack. All those wounded and killed were military personnel, Milley said.
Milley said the shooter, whom he did not name, walked into a building on the base and opened fire around 4 p.m., then got into a car, fired more shots and then went to another building shooting before he was engaged by responding military police. His body was recovered in a parking lot, he said.
"He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound,'' Milley said.
The shooter used a .45 caliber semi-automatic weapon purchased recently in local area, Milley said. The shooter had not registered it with the base as required, he said.
Milley said the gunman was undergoing "psychiatric treatment for depression and anxiety and a variety of other psychological" problems. He said the man was undergoing a diagnosis process to determine if he had PTSD but had not been diagnosed with it.
Milley said he gunman was not wounded in action, according to military records, though he said there are reports the soldier "self-diagnosed" a traumatic brain injury from Iraq.
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas confirmed the deaths and said the shooter, a soldier, was among the dead.
"We're heartbroken something like this might have happened again,'' President Obama said in Chicago, after being briefed on the events.
McCaul told reporters that the suspected shooter is a soldier, Spc. Ivan Lopez
The base was locked down and personnel directed to "shelter in place.'' The lockdown was lifted Wednesday night.
Dr. Glen Couchman, chief medical officer at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, said the first four people admitted there had gunshots to chest, abdomen, neck and extremities and that their conditions range from stable to "quite critical."

Ya reap what you sow.