Another Fort Hood shooting?

[BP]

They probably ordered them to turn them off.

This. 35k people all trying to call out at once shuts down cell networks. Coverage is sparse on base already.

Thanks for the kind words. Many of the shots were fired in the company area behind her office and the shooter's car is in their parking lot.

[Forever_frost]

I'm supposed to be there Friday for my 10 year Sadr City reunion. This is going to make everything interesting. 2 days later and I would have been there.

[Couver]

.45 cal Smith and Wesson. FOX 4 keeps cutting into the press conference.

Shooter was being treated for depression and anxiety.

***reedit no matter what was going in why the actual fuck would someone do this?

[Forever_frost]

He was a soldier who was being diagnosed for PTSD after 4 months in Iraq. He left behind a wife and child.

http://www.commdiginews.com/news-2/reports-of-soldier-on-soldier-shooting-at-fort-hood-terrorism-not-suspected-13589/

WASHINGTON, April 2, 2014 – There has been a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas military base, the site of the 2009 tragedy that left 13 persons dead and 32 wounded. Today’s event has left multiple fatalities, some reports are saying four persons, including the gunman, have been killed. Multiple fatalities, at least six, are also being reported. Two persons are being rushed to the hospital for critical surgery.

Condition of the wounded are stable to quite critical according to Dr. Glen Couchman at White Memorial Hospital.

The shooting around 4:30 pm this afternoon was at the worst possible time, according to Major General Spyder Marks appearing on CNN who stated that this is an active time on the base as days are coming to a close and moving about on their way home and about the base.

President Obama has issued a statement to the press saying that he is heartbroken and closely monitoring the situation at Ft. Hood.

“Any shooting is troubling and this opens the pain of what happened at Fort Hood five years ago.”

Very early reports are that the shoot is Army specialist Ivan Lopez (34-years-old) who worked as a truck driver on the base was wearing combat fatigues at the time of the shooting. It is reported he died from a self inflicted gun wound. Whether Lopez was the one gunman or not is not known and the base remains shut down.

The shooting is being categorized as “soldier-on-soldier” and not an act of terrorism.

A press conference at or about 9:45 this evening revealed that:

Within 15 minutes of engagement, first responders from local law enforcement, military police and emergency service engaged the shooter who is now dead from a self inflicted wound. The shooter was shot in the parking lot by a (female) member of the US Army Military Police. It had previously been reported that he died of a self inflicted wound.

The spokesperson was very clear that this incident does not seem to be related to terrorism nothing is being ruled out at this time. The military is looking at social media and other computer records.

The General confirmed three victims and the shooter killed and 16 others as injured and being treated.

Our focus is on the families of the injured and killed, and that they have the best care and counseling available. Events in the past have taught us many things. The community is strong. The community is resilient. And we will get through this.

The shooter does leave behind a wife and children.

The shooter did have behavior and mental health issues, suffering a traumatic brain injury in Iraq where he served 4 months during 2011.

He was currently under diagnosis for PTSD but had not been diagnosed, as well as other psychiatric issues that he was on medication for.

He was using a 45 calibur Smith and Wesson semi automatic pistol purchased recently and locally. The shooter arrived at Fort Hood in February from another installation.

This shooting follows the tragedies of the Washington Navy Yard shooting (9/16/2013) in which Aaron Alexis fatally shot twelve people, injuring three others at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) in Southeast DC. In 2009, the deadliest mass murder on a US Military Base was an act of terrorism, though never classified as terrorism, acted by US Army major Nidal Mali Hasan who is now on death row for the violence.

In Iraq, on May 11, 2009, Army Sgt.. John M. Russell shot and killed five persons at Camp Liberty, Iraq: U.S. Army Specialist Jacob D. Barton, Sergeant Christian E. Bueno-Galdos, Major Matthew P. Houseal, Private First Class Michael E. Yates, and U.S. Navy Commander Charles K. Springle.

In light of these tragedies, persons watching this story are starting to ask about the safety of soldiers and the armed forces handling of stress related issues our soldiers may have.

Communities sympathies go to the families of all the soldiers, their friends, and colleagues in all these tragedies.

[Captain Crawfish]

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Shooter was being treated for depression ?

SSRI s again?The shrinks should be put in prison they are the problem

[Forever_frost]

Classy.


I know the Army put me on shit that made me violent. Not just normal "Frosty violent" but "Put the exwife through a duplex wall and then drag her through another one" violent. When I told the Army all they did was up the dosage.

[Couver]

SSRI s again?The shrinks should be put in prison they are the problem

What's sad is the first shooter was a doctor.

This is not the place for it with the tragedy being so fresh. Yet I with today's mass media I wonder sometimes if suicidal people are just trying to make a bigger "splash"

Again prayers thoughts for the survivors.

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Frost, if you don't mind me asking, what meds are you on now?

[Forever_frost]

Frost, if you don't mind me asking, what meds are you on now?

It changes time to time but as of today? Colonopin, Lithium, Tomamate, Prozosin, risperidone and I'm sure I'm missing something.

[crapstang]

It changes time to time but as of today? Colonopin, Lithium, Tomamate, Prozosin, risperidone and I'm sure I'm missing something.

That's a lot of different meds! I hate having to take one.

[Leah]

WTF does this part of the article even mean?

"Within 15 minutes of engagement, first responders from local law enforcement, military police and emergency service engaged the shooter who is now dead from a self inflicted wound. The shooter was shot in the parking lot by a (female) member of the US Army Military Police. It had previously been reported that he died of a self inflicted wound."

Horrible and my thoughts are with all involved and their families.

BP and Patrick, so glad yours are safe.

[Forever_frost]

Oh this is me being weaned off some. At one point I had a dozen I took 2-3 times a day. Before I started fighting the VA, they liked to keep me just this side of comatose because I was easier to deal with. They let my meds lapse for a couple years and I detoxed myself. Since then? I've made them explain and defend every single medication and I research them before I take them for interactions.

My shrink loves that I know as much about psychology as I do. Helps a lot with my treatment.

[Forever_frost]

WTF does this part of the article even mean?

"Within 15 minutes of engagement, first responders from local law enforcement, military police and emergency service engaged the shooter who is now dead from a self inflicted wound. The shooter was shot in the parking lot by a (female) member of the US Army Military Police. It had previously been reported that he died of a self inflicted wound."

Horrible and my thoughts are with all involved and their families.

BP and Patrick, so glad yours are safe.

My reading is that from first shot to the bad guy getting popped was 15 minutes but I was talking to people that said it was over an hour before the clear teams came through. Like with anything else, we're getting conflicting reports and will for a few days until the DoA and DoD get their story straight and deny those injured any sort of long term treatment for injuries sustained.

[BP]

Leah, my opinion is that command is trying to imply that they had a coordinated effort to take down the shooter. They have some MPs, armed private security and even local police on post. The fact is that they had to respond to an unknown threat over a fairly wide area. The crime scene spans more than a mile and he was concealing a weapon.

[CJ]

The shooting is being categorized as “soldier-on-soldier” and not an act of terrorism.

I should remind everyone that Obama had Nadal Hassan's shooting classified as this as well.