Posted on 11/05/2009 1:48:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
As many as nine people are dead and as many as 30 more are injured after two or more gunmen in military uniforms opened fire Thursday afternoon in a deployment processing center at Fort Hood. Schools on and around the post are locked down and hospitals report receiving mass casualties.
(Excerpt) Read more at kwtx.com ...
No real details there yet, except this:
“One of the gunmen is in custody.”
Ugly!
Awful!
Both of them and they are soldiers.
12 dead per Ft. Hood spokesman, on live now.
Also here: http://www.chron.com/
That report says that one gunman is in custody and another “is cornered.”
The count is 12 dead now.
Them damn Poles, what they didn’t have sausage on base? /s
3 shooters in fatigues -> one of them dead, two in custody, 12 dead, 27 wounded
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“He said it is too soon to tell whether there is any link to battle stress or repeated deployments.”
There they go, immediately assuming that the shooters HAD to be our guys. It doesn’t seem to occur to them that it wouldn’t be hard for terrorists to acquire and wear US military clothing to not draw attention.
Oh how I loathe our media.
Fishy, fishy, fishy!
Fishy, fishy, fishy!
one shooter in custody is an Army major with an Arabic-sounding name
BREAKING: 7+murdered at Soldier Readiness Center, FT. HOOD, TX
He explained no further.
31 wounded
Thanks.
CNN reporting shooter(s) in custody
There were 2
They were solders
CNN getting live briefing from Lt. General Cone
4 of the wounded are SWAT officers
I bet the Media works hard to cover up that!
“Battle stress,””PTSD,” or the like could account for one soldier going nuts with a weapon. Not two or three.
calling for donations of all blood types
all 3 shooters were soldiers
Heard that just now.
Such a tragedy.
His Nat Guard unit deploys for Afghanistan in March or April....I think they do communications sort of things.
She says he is coming down for advise.,...LOL!
dead shooter had 2 handguns, captured major carried a rifle
dead shooter was killed by police SWAT in standoff, 4 SWAT officers wounded
1 captured shooter was a 40 year male, major
Army says 12 dead, 31 injured at Fort Hood (Arabic name, multiple shooters)
lockdown, parents not allowed to pick up students from 10 schools on Fort Hood
Sounding more like premeditated murder, then some poor soldier snapping for whatever reason.
All Scott & White facilities remain open and Scott & White hospital operations are continuing. The Emergency Department however, is NOT accessible to the public at this time.
(Updated 4 p.m.)
Due to the recent events on Fort Hood, we are in URGENT need of ALL blood types.
Please come to Scott & White Blood Donor Center and donate blood as soon as possible, we are located in Room 115 next the McLane Dining Room in the main hospital. We are open today until at least 7 p.m. and you can contact us at 254-724-4376 if you need any assistance on determining your eligibility to donate.
May God help the survivors and the families so grieviously affected by this madness.
Roger that. DRUDGE: Shooter: Major Malik Nadal Hasan...
Officials at Texas A&M University - Central Texas and Central Texas College say those campuses are on lock down.
The knee jerk reaction of our whole system is wacked. The media was prayin’ and hopin’ it was a “home grown terrorist.” And you have a question that any journalist with a brain rather than propaganda would be asking concerning jihadists getting hold of uniforms.
I just know it wouldn’t be a Muslim. They’re a religion of peace. /do I really need one?
Not sounding good at all. Multiple planned attacks on innocent American citizens by the looks of it.
Suspected Gunman Is Identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan
Running behind you!
What will Holder have to say about this...
This is not Madness....it is very premeditated......and planned.
Was the DC Sniper (John Muhammad) ever at Ft Hood? What is his date of execution? Was there news about him today requesting a stay? After how long letting the process go along?
Was the DC Sniper (John Muhammad) ever at Ft Hood? What is his date of execution? Was there news about him today requesting a stay? After how long letting the process go along?
********************************EXCERPT************************** posted at 3:44 pm on November 5, 2009 by Allahpundit
No word yet on motive, but the fact that at least three gunmen are involved already has Shuster and Miklaszewski mentioning similarities to the Fort Dix Six plot on MSNBC. Seven dead, 12 wounded so far. Supposedly two of the gunmen are still at large and one has fired shots at the SWAT team on the scene.
Stand by for updates.
Update: New details from CNN: One gunman “neutralized,” one “cornered,” no word on the third. The shooting happened at the “sports dome,” a.k.a. the soldier readiness station.
Update: Whether there are two shooters or three seems to be in dispute at the moment, but there’s certainly more than one: The second shooting on the base evidently occurred at a theater.
Update: M-16s involved:
At least seven people have been killed and at least 12 more wounded in a mass shooting at Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas, that apparently began minutes before a graduation ceremony was to begin at a base sports complex, Pentagon officials said.
Details of the events were sketchy, but officials said the shooting involved two men with M-16 rifles and began about 1:30 p.m. Central time at Howze Theater on the base, then moved to the sports complex, where the graduation ceremony was scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. It was not immediately clear who the ceremony was honoring.
Update: Fox News says there are reports that the men were dressed in fatigues.
Update: Hearing reports on Twitter that there have been shootings in the parking lot of some store in Killeen, the town adjacent in Fort Hood. Grain of salt, though: I haven’t seen anything like that on the wires.
Update: One of the shooters is alive and in custody. We should have a motive soon.
Update: MSNBC TV says two shooters are in custody now.
Maj. Malik Hasan, originally from VA, a convert to Islam who was apparently deployed at some point to Iraq.
I will be sitting in front of the boob tube soon for din din. Will see what Fox and PBS have for updates.
Correction, about to deploy to Iraq.
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