Update: Now 13 dead, 30 wounded in Fort Hood Attack
By The Associated Press
This article was originally published November 6, 2009 at 7:37 a.m. Updated November 6, 2009 at 7:53 a.m.
PHOTO BY AP / VERNON BRYANT
Lt. Gen. Bob Cone speaks to the media during a news conference at Bernie Beck Gate in Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday.
FORT HOOD, Texas — A military official says one more person has died after being injured during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.
Post spokesman Tyler Broadway said early Friday that the toll now stands at 13 dead and 30 wounded. Late Thursday, officials said 12 people had been killed and 31 wounded in the afternoon attack.
The victims’ identities haven’t been released.
The suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital late Thursday. The Army psychiatrist was shot four times after the rampage began around 1:30 p.m.
The motive for the shootings isn’t clear, but Hasan was apparently set to deploy soon. He also had expressed some anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage at the Texas post.
Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday morning that Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reported gunfire Thursday afternoon. Cone said Munley shot the gunman four times despite being shot herself.
Military officials said Munley was in stable condition Friday.
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