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Home Front: WoT
BREAKING: Reports of a Shooting on Fort Hood
2014-04-02
Posted: Apr 02, 2014 5:32 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 02, 2014 6:24 PM EDT

(KCEN) -- We have reports of an active shooter on Fort Hood.

We have reports that there are several injuries from this shooting. There is at least one patient being transported to the hospital.

We are also getting reports of victims in the Battle Simulation Center on 65th and Warehouse.

The suspect is still on the lam. The shooter was said to be in building 33026 which is the Medical Brigade Building.

Reports have said that he was driving a gray Toyota, described as a white male in an Army Combat Uniform, and carrying a .45 handgun.

Fort Hood has been put on lockdown.

Central Texas College has been evacuated only as a precaution.
Ladies and gentlemen of Rantburg, if you would be so kind as to post updates on this story in the comment thread, so that the information can be easily found.

Thanking you for the moderators,
trailing wife at 6:58 EDT
Posted by:trailing wife

#19  Gun free zones is a shooters paradise. the person who was armed who could end it in that zone was himself. Which he did by shooting himself. But the higher ups in this regime will never learn.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 23:59  

#18  Comment from that Killeen Daily Herald link:

"All personnel on Fort Hood should shelter in place immediately, close doors and stay away from windows."

Why are the emergency instructions for the 1st Cavalry Division the same as the instructions for a kindergarten class?


"Gentlemen, you can't defend yourselves here! This is the Department of Defense!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2014-04-02 23:13  

#17  ON MEDS; 'Mental Health Issues, Was Being Treated'... 'Served in Iraq'... PTSD... 'Depression, Anxiety'... hattip Drudge Report
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 23:08  

#16  Any update on the shooter? An Islamic linkage, like the FBI was investigating?

Posted by: OldSpook   2014-04-02 23:06  

#15  correction moral = morale
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 23:05  

#14  22 suicides a day in the military. And then a homicide/suicide. Maybe the Commander in Chief will now have no choice but to address the moral and mentality of our troops.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 23:03  

#13  NAS WI has activated the phone tree and begun notifying personnel that '...due to an incident at Fort Hood to expect tighter security tomorrow morning and plan accordingly....'

Probably means more full car searches of ACDU and CIV PERS.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-04-02 22:29  

#12  

One media outlet has released this photo of Ivan Lopez, Ft Hood.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 22:24  

#11  Looks like it may be a Russian Mexican perp.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2014-04-02 21:20  

#10  Damn Youtube videos....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-04-02 20:33  

#9  Shooter name spc Ivan Lopez.
Posted by: 49 pan   2014-04-02 20:32  

#8  Must be more workplace violence.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink   2014-04-02 20:27  

#7  Fox News: 4 dead, 14 injured.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 20:08  

#6  ...but, but it's a gun free zone. (that is personal weapons)
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-04-02 19:50  

#5  DHS Washington is already saying it is not terrorism. The spin begins.
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281   2014-04-02 19:35  

#4  NBC claims one shooter in custody, between three and eight wounded, a second shooter being sought. Link
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-04-02 19:19  

#3  UPDATE: 6 p.m.: A III Corps spokesman said Fort Hood has not released any information about possible fatalities, though reports from local media and others on scene indicate there may be one fatality. Killeen Daily Herald Moment by Moment Updates
Posted by: 6pm Update   2014-04-02 19:06  

#2  It should be noted that we had a story earlier today about the FBI releasing a blowhard wannabe jihadi as no threat. Link

Let us hope there is no connection.
Posted by: trailing wife   2014-04-02 19:03  

#1  UPDATE: 5:45 p.m.: An Bell County Sheriff's Deputy told the Herald the shooter is trapped inside a building at Fort Hood and should be in police custody soon.
Posted by: 5:45 Update   2014-04-02 19:02  

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