Attacker kills 12, injures 31 at Fort Hood
Identified as Army doctor, shooting suspect wounded
Photo by The Associated Press
Sgt. Anthony Sills, right, comforts his wife as they wait outside the Fort Hood Army Base near Killeen, Texas, on Thursday. The Sills' 3-year old son is still in daycare on the base, which is in lock-down following a mass shooting earlier in the day.
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An Army mental health doctor facing deployment overseas reportedly opened fire Thursday at the Fort Hood military base in an attack that killed 12 people and wounded 31.
Authorities said immediately after the shootings that they had killed the suspected gunman, but later in the evening they recanted and said that he was still alive after being shot several times and was in stable condition at a hospital, watched by a guard.
“His death is not imminent,” said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood. He offered little explanation for the mistake, other than to say there was confusion at the hospital.
Th e shooting began about 1:30 p.m., said Cone, commander of III Corps at Fort Hood ...
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godblessthem says...
For all of the victims and their families - there is a book written by a school shooting survivor named Missy Jenkins, who was paralyzed from the chest down, called "I Choose to be Happy" at missyjenkins.com. The book will not end your pain, but it will help ease it. God bless you all.
November 6, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Boomer48 says...
As a retired Army member I hope Hasan survives his wounds. Then I want to watch his trial and his sentencing to death. I want him to be held for a very long time before his execution so he can think about the cowardly crime he commited.
November 6, 2009 at 7:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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