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 ...
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.
A law enforcement official identified the shooting suspect as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. The official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at the base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
Some of this is just now being revealed on the confused news......Some how I find little confusing other than the two unidentified shooters in custody. True believers or converts?
The Major is the only shooter and he is alive....
The PR Army man would give no information about the Major...
Ken and John show seemed to be well supplied with info however...
Thanks for the update. I was on CSPAN watching today’s bull shit sessions from the WH and Hill.
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