darin3 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) Confirmed 7 dead, at least 12 injured. Story All over the news here in Austin. Ft. Hood is just up the freeway from us. Plenty of Army guys head down to Austin for Saturday partying. 3 gunmen, apparently. 1 in custody. 1 on the run. 1 surrounded by authorities. Edited November 5, 2009 by darin3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 (edited) wow Hey Sailor! New in town??? I wonder wha caused this or why Edited November 5, 2009 by MrTed46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I thought that there might be a local angle to this story. But people nearby probably don't know any more about this than anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I was born on that military base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffraff Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I beleive the injured count is up to 31 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylive5 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I beleive the injured count is up to 31 now. 12 dead last I read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Only the military should have guns. Stop fishing and show some respect. All three of the people believed to have carried out the shooting were soldiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Stop fishing and show some respect. I agree--wrong thread for Polk to make this point. (But I also think that you are misinterpreting his point.) Suspected shooter is Major Malik Nadal Hasan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Army says 12 dead, 31 injured at Fort HoodGunman killed, two suspects — all soldiers — in custody in Texas incident A U.S. soldier opened fire Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, killing at least 11 people and wounding 31 others, military officials said. The gunman was shot to death, and two others were in custody. Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone, commanding general of the Army’s III Corps, who confirmed the shootings, said the gunman used two handguns. NBC News’ Pete Williams reported that a U.S. official identified the gunman as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, who was 39 or 40. Link I'd really like to hear the names of the other two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpwallace49 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Link I'd really like to hear the names of the other two. Who gives a crap what their names were? It is a tragedy no matter what . . .. From your link here is another violent shooting . . . . can you profile from this one? Fort Hood has seen other violence in recent years. In September 2008, a 21-year-old 1st Cavalry Division soldier shot his lieutenant to death and then killed himself. Spc. Jody Michael Wirawan of Eagle River, Alaska, shot himself to death after shooting 1st Lt. Robert Bartlett Fletcher, 24, of Jensen Beach, Fla. to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Who gives a crap what their names were? It is a tragedy no matter what . . .. From your link here is another violent shooting . . . . can you profile from this one? I'd like to know if it has to do with religion or something else, that is all. Forgive me for making a logical leap, and not being pc enough for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Suppose to be another update by Commanding General at 5:30pm central. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I agree--wrong thread for Polk to make this point. (But I also think that you are misinterpreting his point.) Suspected shooter is Major Malik Nadal Hasan. A psychologist/psychiatrist and recently converted to Muslim. (current news report) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 (edited) watching news conference live: the shooter is NOT dead--he has been wounded and he is in custody they think it is a single shooter Edited November 6, 2009 by wiegie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 watching news conference live: the shooter is NOT dead--he has been wounded and he is in custody they think it is a single shooter weird, it went from 2 shooters to 3 shooters (1 shot/in custody, 1 on the run, 1 surrounded) back down to 1? any way you slice it, it's an extreme tragedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Any way you cut it, the guy is a coward and a traitor. Makes me sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 Any way you cut it, the guy is a coward and a traitor. Makes me sick. Maybe I'm turned around, but don't you live up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I live in Waco and work in Temple and was stationed at Hood for a period back in the day. None of which means anything, I just dont like the fact that military families have to put up with something like this on top of everything else they go thru. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted November 6, 2009 Author Share Posted November 6, 2009 I live in Waco and work in Temple and was stationed at Hood for a period back in the day. None of which means anything, I just dont like the fact that military families have to put up with something like this on top of everything else they go thru. Thought so. Just curious as to if you had any more local info than we're getting down here in ATX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrograde assault Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Nope, but will hear all kinds of stuff tomorrow. I work with a couple guys recently retired from the Army that have friends and relatives at hood. Should be interesting, if not completely factual information if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i_am_the_swammi Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I'd like to know if it has to do with religion or something else, that is all. Forgive me for making a logical leap, and not being pc enough for you. Yep... Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted `Allahu Akbar' By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer Jeff Carlton, Associated Press Writer – 42 mins ago FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" before opening fire, the base commander said Friday. Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment, which is Arabic for "God is great!" before the rampage Thursday, which left 30 people wounded, including the gunman. An imam from a mosque Hasan regularly attended said Hasan, a lifelong Muslim, was a committed soldier, gave no sign of extremist beliefs and regularly wore his uniform at prayers. Cone said Hasan was hospitalized in stable condition and that investigators hope to interrogate him as soon as possible. In the early chaos after the shootings, authorities believed they had killed him, only to discover later that he had survived. Cone said Hasan was not known to be a threat or risk. He acknowledged that it was "counterintuitive" that a single shooter could kill and injure so many people. But he said the massacre occurred in "close quarters." "With ricochet fire, he was able to injure that number of people," Cone said. Authorities are investigating whether Hasan's weapons were properly registered with the military. The motive for the shooting wasn't clear, but Hasan was apparently set to deploy soon and had expressed some anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said generals at Fort Hood told her that Hasan was about to deploy overseas. Lee said Hasan had hoped Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq and got into frequent arguments with others in the military who supported the wars. Link So the military was planning on sending a devout Muslim to the Middle East to particiapte in killing those that share his beliefs. Writing was on the wall that it wasn't going to end well, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmarc117 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 so we wont let gays fight, but will let radical muslims........good policy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I was speechless and horrified yesterday when I heard about this. Today I'm just ticked off about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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