Army says 12 dead, 31 injured at Fort Hood (Arabic name, multiple shooters)

NBC/MSNBC ^ | 5 Nov 2009 | NBC News and msnbc.com

[XHogPilot]

At least 12 people were killed and 31 others were wounded in a mass shooting incident Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, military officials said. The shooter was shot to death, they said.

More shots were reported later in the afternoon, reported NBC affiliate KCEN-TV of Waco, which said no further details were immediately available.

A senior administration official told NBC News analyst Roger Cressey that the suspect who was in custody was an Army major with an Arabic-sounding name.

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Milly Land, who works at the base fitness center, said she was headed for the graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Howze Theater when the campus was locked down. She went back to the fitness center. She said she spoke by phone with friends at the soldier processing center, who said a gunman walked in about 1:30, walked to the medical area of the processing center, and started shooting. A second gunman was shooting at the theater next door, she said.

[XHogPilot]

Arabic name?

[snowrip]

Oh gosh. Wow. Knock me over with a feather. I am so... surprised.

/s

[sheik yerbouty]

What a coincidence!

[netmilsmom]

I can’t believe they reported it.

If it is true, we will never hear about it again.

[adm5]

Probably an episcopalian. I know a lot of them with “arabic” type names.

[ruination]

Hate crime? Let’s ask Holder to check into it.

[Kimberly GG]

“More shots were reported later in the afternoon”

Later? Is this a separate incident?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Local source...FR Thread:

UPDATE: Fort Hood Casualty Count Rises

Three shooters one dead..two in custody.

[MadIsh32]

LOL

I was waiting for FR to jump all over the Muslim angle.

Knowing all of the recent mass shootings in this country, its gonna be a half asian half white guy

Prayers for all of the wounded and deceased. This is terrible

[eak3]

nowhere in that article does it say anything about a soldier with an arabic name.. if they said it earlier they are quickly retracting it

[BP2]

No, probably a nun or Amish.

[Rick_Michael]

ping for interest...thanks.

[pollywog]

Sean just announced that one of the shooters was a arabic !!!

[TheDon]

Activated sleeper cell?

[socialismisinsidious]

DRUDGE: Shooter: Major Malik Nadal Hasan...

[Boiling Pots]

“Sr. Admin official said...”

Beware.

[heartwood]

Black Muslim, my guess. The Maliks I’ve heard of haven’t been Arabs.

[stockpirate]

No, no, they meant Amish name. Muslims don’t do things like this.

[LongElegantLegs]

Malik Nadal Hassan.

[reagan_fanatic]

If it turns out the shooters are muslims, they should both be wrapped in bacon strips and pushed out the open door of a helicopter at 10,000ft.

Bastards.