I found a trace of it!
On google (which I rarely use) search “Dead Deceased shooter believed to be dead, NBC News reports” and you will get this link: http://forums.fingerlakes1.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1442973&page=1
Follow the link and you will find a Finger Lakes forum still showing “8 Wounded, 4 Critically in Fort Hood Shooting; Gunman Dead(.) Deceased shooter believed to be dead, NBC News reports”
I’ve got a screen shot of it this time.
The link in their post goes to my original find, but it has been changed.
Haste, makes waste” was never more appropriate.
Perhaps we can blame the age of texting