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Marvin Guy and Henry MageeBell County Sheriff's Department and Burleson County Sheriff's Department
One
Friday last May, the sun had not yet risen when a SWAT team ignited a
flash-bang grenade outside Marvin Guy's apartment in Killeen, Texas.
Officers were trying to climb in through a window when Guy, who had a
criminal record and was suspected of possessing cocaine, opened fire.
Four officers were hit; one of them was killed.
Five months earlier, 100 miles away, a SWAT officer was shot during a
predawn no-knock raid on another house. In that case, too, police threw
a flash-bang grenade and tried to enter the residence. Henry "Hank"
Magee, according to his attorney, grabbed his gun to protect himself and
his pregnant girlfriend. "As soon as the door was kicked in, he shot at
the people coming through the door," says his attorney, Dick DeGuerin.
With his legally owned semi-automatic .308 rifle, Magee killed one of
the officers.
The cases are remarkably similar, except for one thing: Guy is black,
Magee white. And while Magee was found to have acted in self-defense,
prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Guy. He remains in jail
while he awaits trial.
Historically, police serving
warrants were required to knock on a door, announce their presence, and
wait for an answer. But in SWAT raids, this is often no longer the case.
Police aren't required to announce themselves if they believe the
circumstances present a threat of physical violence, or if they believe
evidence would be destroyed. According to a study by the American Civil Liberties Union, no-knock warrants are used in around 60 percent of drug searches.
Like Guy, Magee was initially charged with capital murder, which is
punishable by death. But before Magee's trial, a grand jury found there
was not enough evidence for him to stand trial on that charge. "In
essence it was a ruling in self-defense," DeGuerin said. Guy has been
through the grand jury process as well, his attorney said, but in his
case, the grand jury allowed prosecutors to move ahead with capital
murder charges. So while Magee awaits trial for felony possession of
marijuana, Guy awaits potential execution.
Both defendants had previous encounters with the law: Magee had been
arrested twice for driving while intoxicated and twice for possessing
marijuana. Guy had previous charges of bank robbery, theft, burglary,
and "felony in possession of a firearm," and had done time in prison.
Guy's arrests warrant
shows that police suspected him of possessing cocaine after receiving a
tip from an informant who said he was selling. The search of his
apartment turned up an "orange glass pipe," but no drugs. Magee,
however, did have drugs—"more than 4 oz but less than 5 lbs" of
marijuana, according to the district attorney.
When SWAT teams were created, they were not intended for drug raids.
They were set up in the late 1960s for extreme scenarios like active
shooters and hostage situations. Yet 85 percent of SWAT deployments
today are for "choice-driven raids on people's private residences,"
Peter Kraska, an Eastern Kentucky University researcher who studies
tactical policing, testified in a recent Senate hearing. The ACLU study
found that 62 percent of SWAT deployments today are for doing drug
raids. The study also found that in around half of SWAT deployments for
drug offenses, no contraband is found at all.
The study also showed that 71 percent of today's SWAT raids affect
people of color, even though white people are more likely to be involved
in the types of scenarios SWAT teams were created for, like active
shooter and hostage situations.
Magee was found to have acted in self-defense by shooting at
unannounced intruders before dawn. Whether the same standard will apply
to Guy remains to be seen. His trial is scheduled for next June.
Shane Bauer is a reporter in Mother Jones' San Francisco bureau, covering criminal justice, social justice, and human rights. His work has also appeared in the Guardian, The Nation, Salon, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications. He is the co-author of A Sliver of Light,
a memoir he wrote with his fellow hostages (one of whom is now his
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Video:
Here are key moments from the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on
Thursday where Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Army Chief of
Staff Ray Odierno testified about Wednesday's shooting at Fort Hood,
Tex.
The soldier who went on a shooting rampage
Wednesday at Fort Hood, Tex., had been undergoing treatment for
depression and had seen a psychiatrist last month, but Army officials
said Thursday they did not consider him a threat before he killed three
fellow soldiers and took his own life.
Army Secretary John M. McHugh said the 34-year-old shooter had
been prescribed “a number of drugs,” including Ambien, a sleep aid.
After giving the soldier a full psychiatric evaluation last month, Army
officials detected no indications “that there was any sign of likely
violence, either to himself or to others,” McHugh told a Senate panel
Thursday.
“The plan forward was to just continue to monitor and treat him as deemed appropriate,” McHugh added.
He
said the investigation was still unfolding and did not comment on a
possible motive. But he echoed other Army leaders in saying there was no
evidence the shooter was “involved with extremists of any kind.”
McHugh did not identify the soldier, but other military officials and law enforcement officials have named him as Army Spec. Ivan A. Lopez,
a military truck driver. He was dressed in his standard-issue
camouflage uniform when he abruptly pulled out a .45 Smith & Wesson
semiautomatic pistol Wednesday afternoon and opened fire in two
different buildings on the vast Army post in central Texas.
The mass shooting immediately prompted flashbacks to another terrible day at Fort Hood. On Nov. 5, 2009, Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan,
a psychiatrist who had been in contact with an al-Qaeda leader
overseas, gunned down soldiers preparing to deploy to Iraq and
Afghanistan, killing 13 people and wounding more than 30.
Ever
since, Defense Department officials have worked to bolster security and
improve screening at bases across the country. Despite those efforts, insider attacks by people working for the military have persisted, frustrating military leaders and lawmakers alike.
In
September, a government contractor who had been hearing phantom voices
carried a shotgun into the Washington Navy Yard and methodically killed
12 people. That shooter, Aaron Alexis, a Navy veteran, had recently
sought treatment for insomnia from Veterans Affairs medical centers.
When
doctors asked Alexis if he had thoughts of harming himself or others,
he said no. He was prescribed medicine for sleeplessness and anxiety,
but, like Lopez, he was not labeled a potential threat. Nineteen days
later, he carried out his attack.
Army officials said they were
still trying to unravel a motive for Lopez’s attack. Investigators were
questioning Lopez’s wife and searching their apartment in Killeen, the
city that abuts the Army post. The couple were both natives of Puerto
Rico, Army officials said.
Lopez grew up in the town of
Guayanilla, on Puerto Rico’s southwestern side. The town’s current
mayor, Edgardo Arlequín, was the director of a local band for school
children when Lopez joined. That was about 1990, the year that Lopez
turned 11.
The mayor said that Lopez came from a musical family: his father and brother both played music in the local Catholic church.
“Ivan
was quiet . . . introverted, calm,” Arlequín said in Spanish in a
telephone interview. He said he knew Lopez for several years and had
never seen him show anger with another student. “Never. Never. I never
saw him get in a fight.”
Lopez spent 10 years as a police officer
in Puerto Rico and was still counted as an “inactive” member of the
force while he served in the Army, a spokesman for the Puerto Rican
police service said Thursday.
Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, described the shooter
as “a very experienced soldier” who had served for nine years in the
Puerto Rico National Guard before enlisting in the active-duty Army in
2010.
While with the National Guard, the shooter served a
one-year deployment to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. In 2011, after he
joined the Army full-time, he served four months in Iraq and was one of
the last U.S. troops to come home at the end of the war.
McHugh said there was no record that the shooter had been wounded or injured in Iraq.
Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley, the commanding general of Fort Hood, told
reporters Wednesday night that the shooter had “self-reported” a
traumatic brain injury from his Iraq deployment and that he was
undergoing evaluation to determine if he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Milley
said the shooter “had behavioral health and mental health issues” and
was taking antidepressants. “We are digging deep into his background,”
he said.
Lopez had been stationed at Fort Hood only for several
weeks. He arrived in February and was assigned to the 13th Sustainment
Command (Expeditionary) as a truck driver.
He had previously been
stationed at another Texas installation, Fort Bliss, for two years as an
infantryman with the 1st Armored Division, 4th Brigade. According to a
person familiar with his military service, he was taking medications
while stationed at Fort Bliss to help with depression and anxiety, but
his behavior did not raise any red flags. Because of privacy
restrictions, his commanders were unaware of the medications he was
receiving.
Lopez had been experiencing some stress in his life;
his mother had passed away in the past year and he had been seeing a
chaplain for counseling on that and other undisclosed issues, according
to the person familiar with his military record. The military monitors
people for stress levels, and Lopez was deemed to be “low risk” at the
time.
He left Fort Bliss in November for several months of
training to become a truck driver, then won an assignment with a
truck-driving unit at Fort Hood, starting in February.
In March,
not long after his arrival at Fort Hood, Lopez legally purchased the
.45-caliber Smith & Wesson from a Killeen gun shop, Guns Galore —
the same store where Hasan bought the weapon he used in the 2009 Fort
Hood rampage, according to two law-enforcement officials who spoke on
condition of anonymity.
About 4 p.m. Wednesday, Lopez began
shooting. Officials, while stressing that they were still trying to
determine the precise sequence of events, said he opened fire inside two
different buildings: one belonging to the 1st Medical Brigade and
another belonging to the 49th Transportation Battalion. In between, he
fired shots from a vehicle he had driven onto the base.
He was
eventually confronted by a female military police officer. He put his
hands up at first, but then pulled out a gun from under his jacket and
shot himself in the head, according to Milley, the Fort Hood commander.
Milley said investigators were looking into reports that the
shooter may have gotten into an argument with another soldier, but he
did not give details.
Doctors at Scott and White Memorial Hospital
in Temple, Tex., said Thursday that they were treating nine patients —
eight men and one woman, all current service members — and that three remain in critical condition.
Matthew
Davis, trauma director at the hospital, told reporters that five others
are in fair condition and the remainder in good condition. He said it
was possible that several victims with minor injuries could be
discharged Thursday.
Davis said the patients in critical condition
have injuries to the neck, abdomen and possibly the spine and that two
of them require further surgery. The patients range in age from 21 to
the mid-40s, he said.
Among the wounded was Maj. Patrick Miller, who had previously served in Iraq.His condition was not known.
Several
of Miller’s Facebook friends posted messages asking for prayers for his
recovery. His mother and wife took to Twitter asking for prayers. His
wife tweeted directly to two football players on the Buffalo Bills, his
favorite team, asking them to pray for her husband.
“I have no
doubt he’ll pull through because of who he is,” Robert Heckler of
Brazoria, Tex., who served in Iraq with Miller from 2004 to 2005, said
in a phone interview. “Man, that guy is one of a kind. Honestly, he’s a
straight dude, he’s a cool dude.”
Like many other soldiers and
Army veterans, Heckler said he was stunned that the Army had been
victimized by another insider attack.
“It happened at our home, at
our house,” he said. “He was shot by another soldier. That’s a lot
different than the Army I was in.”
President Obama directed
officials to “utilize every resource available to fully investigate the
shooting,” the White House said Wednesday night. The president spoke in a
conference call with his national security team, including Defense
Secretary Chuck Hagel, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin
Dempsey and FBI Deputy Director Mark Giuliano. Speaking during a fundraising trip to Chicago, Obama said he was “heartbroken that something like this might have happened again” and pledged “to get to the bottom of exactly what happened.”
At
Guns Galore, which advertises that it has 3,000 guns in stock and 1,700
on display, general manager Cathy Cheadle said she could not comment
because of the investigation.
But a part-time sales clerk, a
retired police sergeant who gave his name only as Ebert, said, “We are
religiously in compliance with state and federal law — to the point
where we have pissed some people off.” He added: “We have refused gun
sales before. It’s based on the little voice inside your head that says
it’s not a good idea. . . . We have done good things since we’ve been
here. We do whatever needs to be done to keep the community safe.”
On
Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid said Thursday that
Congress should revisit the issue of expanding the federal gun
background check program in response to the latest shooting spree at
Fort Hood.
“As I was told today, this young man bought his gun a
day or two before he killed these people,” Reid told reporters.
“Couldn’t we at least have background checks so that people who are ill
mentally, or who are felons, shouldn’t be able to buy guns? Even NRA
members, a majority of them, support that, so I hope we can bring it
back up.”
When asked whether he would like to bring up a bill to
expand the background check program, Reid said, “I would like to be able
to bring it back up; I need some more votes.”
But Rep. Steve Stockman
(R-Tex.) called on Congress to end a ban on carrying weapons at U.S.
military bases. In a statement, he charged that the latest shooting
occurred “because our trained soldiers aren’t allowed to carry defensive
weapons.,” adding: “Anti-gun activists have turned our military bases
into soft targets for killers.”
Although installations such as
Fort Hood contain large storehouses of armaments, and many of their
inhabitants have spent years at war, military posts are usually among
the most idyllic communities in the country, a throwback to the 1950s,
with manicured lawns, drivers who conscientiously abide by the speed
limit and parents unafraid to allow their children to frolic out of
sight.
Encompassing 340 square miles, Fort Hood is larger than
the five boroughs of New York combined. But most of the area is open
terrain, used for tank and artillery practice. Many of the post’s
facilities are concentrated on its southern perimeter, near its gates to
the city of Killeen. The facilities include the headquarters for III
Corps, which is comprised of two full divisions and support regiments.
More than 40,000 service members work on the post, which has about 6,000
family residences.
In the wake of the Navy Yard shooting, Hagel
ordered a series of security changes at military installations,
including more rigorous screening of personnel and the creation of an
analysis center to examine “insider threats.”
“When we have these
kinds of tragedies on our bases, something’s not working,” he said
Wednesday during a visit to Hawaii. “We will continue to address the
issue. Anytime you lose your people to these kinds of tragedies, it’s an
issue, it’s a problem.” Shelby Sementelli in Killeen, Tex.; Ernesto Londoño in Hawaii; and
Sari Horwitz, David Fahrenthold, Clarence Williams, William Branigin,
Colby Itkowitz, Ed O’Keefe and Julie Tate in Washington contributed to
this report.
'We Do Not Expect Any More Fatalities,' Doctor Says Of Fort Hood Victims
by
Sgt. First Class Erick Rodriguez stood guard
at the entrance to Fort Hood as officials prepared to brief the news
media about Wednesday's attack at the post.
Erich Schlegel /Reuters/Landov
On the day after , in which a gunman killed at least three people, wounded 16 and then reportedly killed himself, there was this welcome news:
"We
do not expect any more fatalities at this point," Dr. Matthew Davis,
head of the trauma unit at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in
Temple, Texas, told reporters Thursday morning. Three of the nine
victims being treated at the hospital remain in critical condition, but
Davis said all three should survive. Scott & White is where those
who still need care are being treated.
The day's other
developments include word that the gunman, who authorities have
identified as Army Spc. Ivan Lopez, was reportedly being treated for
depression but had shown no sign he was likely to do harm to anyone or
to himself.
There was also word Thursday that three of those
who were injured remained in critical condition — but that doctors
expect they will survive their wounds. Officials said the nine people
being treated at Scott & White Memorial Hospital are all members of
the military and range in age from 21 to the mid-40s. Eight of the nine
are men. Several may be discharged later today.
The latest news and our original post, which has much more about the deadly rampage, follow: Update at 11:50 a.m. ET. Three Victims Critical, But Are Expected To Recover:
Three
of the nine patients at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple,
Texas, remain in critical condition, Dr. Matthew Davis just told
reporters at the hospital. He's head of the hospital's trauma unit. But
he added this hopeful note: "We do not expect any more fatalities at
this point."
Of the others, two are in fair condition and the
others are in good condition, Davis said. Several of them may be
discharged later today.
Davis said eight of the patients are
men. All nine are now members of the military, he said. Their ages range
from "21 to the 40s." the news conference at the hospital.
The
doctor also said that the three patients in critical condition have
injuries to different parts of their body — one has "injuries to the
neck," another has a "potential spine injury" from a gunshot wound and
another has an abdominal injury. Update at 10:45 a.m. ET. "Early Evidence: Fort Hood Gunman Showed No Warning Signs":
"He was seen just last month by a psychiatrist," , who was an Army
soldier. "He was fully examined and as of this morning we had no
indication [from] the record of that examination that there was any sign
of likely violence either to himself or to others." Update at 10 a.m. ET. "He Had A Clean Record":
The
gunman "had a clean record" in the military and background checks of
him "show no involvement with extremist organizations of any kind," at
the top of a previously scheduled Senate hearing. McHugh also told the
lawmakers that the soldier had been prescribed multiple prescription
drugs, including a sleep aid. Our original post began with some of the day's headlines and rounded up the news:
We'll start with some of the morning's headlines and links to accounts about what happened Wednesday:
— "Fort Hood Suffers Another Shooting Tragedy." ()
— "Shooting forces victims of 2009 attack to relive the tragedy." ()
— "Fort Hood shooting comes less than 5 years after attack." ()
— "Shootings frustrate U.S. military efforts to secure bases." ()
— "Texans' hearts are once again very heavy." ()
It
was around 4 p.m. local time when the gunman reportedly opened fire in
one building, got in a vehicle and fired more shots from it, then
entered another building where he fired again. Officials say that at
least one MP then confronted the gunman in a parking lot.
,
NPR's Tom Bowman said early reports indicate that the MP "drew her
weapon," and that the gunman then pulled a handgun from under his shirt
and "placed the gun to his head and killed himself."
The local Killeen Daily Herald :
"III
Corps and Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said the shooter
used a .45-caliber Smith and Wesson handgun, which he'd purchased
recently. Milley said the soldier, who arrived at Fort Hood in February
from another military installation in Texas, suffered from depression
anxiety and other mental heath issues and was in the process of getting a
diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder.
"Fort Hood
officials did not release the name of the gunman Wednesday night pending
notification of next of kin, but a Bell County sheriff's deputy
identified him as 34-year-old Spc. Ivan Lopez.
"About 9:30
p.m., Milley said there was no indication the shooting was related to
terrorism, but the investigation would leave nothing 'off the table.'
" 'We are not ruling anything out at this time,' he said."
NPR's
Bowman adds that Lopez served in Iraq in 2011 and that there is "no
indication he was wounded in combat," but that the soldier had
apparently "self-reported a traumatic brain injury."
Our colleagues at KUT in Austin :
"The
region's only Level 1 trauma center, the Scott and White Memorial
Hospital in Temple, Texas, has absorbed several of the Fort Hood
casualties. The hospital has issued the following statement:
"
'We have accepted 9 patients, 8 are currently here and 1 will be
arriving shortly at Scott & White Memorial Hospital. We currently
have 7 male patients and 1 female patient that we continue to monitor.
All patients are in the ICU, 3 are critical condition and 5 are in
serious condition.' "
Wednesday brought back awful memories, of course. In November 2009, Army when he opened fire on the post. Hasan has been convicted and sentenced to death. Note:
As often happens when stories such as this are breaking, details about
what occurred will likely change. We'll focus on reports from officials
in a position to know about the investigation and news outlets with
reliable sources. We'll update as warranted.
ALERT: All personnel on Fort Hood should shelter in place immediately, close doors and stay away from windows.
Update at 7:34 p.m. ET. Injured Personnel Are Being Transported:
, Fort Hood says injured personnel are being transported to local hospitals.
The
statement adds that the base's "Directorate of Emergency Services has
an initial report that a shooter is dead but this is unconfirmed." Update at 7:52 p.m. ET. 'Heartbroken':
"We're heartbroken something like this might have happened again," President Obama said this evening.
Obama talked to pool reporters in Chicago. He stood in front of large black curtain with an Americans flag.
"We're
following it closely," Obama said. "The situation is fluid right now
... I want to just assure all of us we are going to get to the bottom of
exactly what happened." Update at 7:47 p.m. ET. 1 Dead, 14 Wounded:
NPR's Tom Bowman tells us a U.S. official tells him one person is dead and 14 are wounded. Update at 7:46 p.m. ET. President To Issue Statement:
NPR's Tamara Keith tells us President Obama will make a statement about the situation in Fort Hood to the pool "shortly."
Update at 7:26 p.m. ET. President Informed:
In a statement, The White House said President Obama has been informed of the situation in Fort Hood.
"He'll continue to receive updates on the situation throughout the evening," spokesman Josh Earnest said. Update at 7:09 p.m. ET. Reports Of Active Shooter:
the Bell's County Sheriff's Office, which is responding with deputies
and troopers, says there are reports of an "active shooter."
Waco Police also reporting an "active shooter." Update at 7:05 p.m. ET. Clearing Buildings:
A
soldier on the base tells KCEN-TV that police seem to be clearing
buildings, escorting civilians and service men and women out with their
hands in the air. Update at 6:45 p.m. ET. Shooting On Base:
:
"There
has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. Emergency
crews are on the scene. No further details are known at this time."
Update at 6:41 p.m. ET. Lots Of Police Activity:
During
its live broadcast, KCEN-TV showed police vehicles streaming into the
base. An eyewitness told the station that a helicopter was flying over
the base and he had counted tens of ambulances and police vehicles as
well as a SWAT team.
Fort Hood is under a shelter-in-place order after a shooting at the Texas Army base.
that there had been a shooting that resulted in injuries.
"Emergency crews are on the scene," the base said. "No further details are know at this time."
The 1st Cavalry Division that personnel "should shelter in place immediately, close doors and stay away from windows."
The AP reports that Fort Hood confirmed there had been a shooting on the base and a number of injuries.
Fort Hood was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009, where thirteen people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. it was "the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in history."
This
is a breaking news story. We'll update once we know more. And like we
always tell you when stories such as this are developing, information
may come in that later turns out to have been incorrect. We'll do our
best to sort through what's out there and reliable and update as need. Update at 6:45 p.m. ET. Shooting On Base:
:
"There
has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. Emergency
crews are on the scene. No further details are know at this time."
Update at 6:41 p.m. ET. Lots Of Police Activity:
During
its live broadcast, KCEN-TV showed police vehicles streaming into the
base. An eyewitness told the station that a helicopter was flying over
the base and he had counted tens of ambulances and police vehicles as
well as a Swat team.
(KCEN) -- We have reports of an active shooter on Fort Hood.
There are reports of 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 at large. 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.
Posted:
Apr 02, 2014 5:32 PM EST
Updated:
Apr 02, 2014 5:58 PM EST
(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 at large. The shooter was said to be in building 33026 which is the Medical Brigade Building.
Fort Hood has been put on lockdown.
These are all preliminary reports.
Fort Hood Goes On Lockdown After Reports Of Shooting
by Eyder Peralta
Fort Hood is under a shelter-in-place order after a shooting at the Texas Army base.
that there had been a shooting that resulted in injuries.
"Emergency crews are on the scene," the base said. "No further details are know at this time."
The 1st Cavalry Division that personnel "should shelter in place immediately, close doors and stay away from windows."
The AP reports that Fort Hood confirmed there had been a shooting on the base and a number of injuries.
Fort Hood was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009, where thirteen people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. it was "the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in history."
This
is a breaking news story. We'll update once we know more. And like we
always tell you when stories such as this are developing, information
may come in that later turns out to have been incorrect. We'll do our
best to sort through what's out there and reliable and update as need. Update at 6:45 p.m. ET. Shooting On Base:
:
"There
has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported. Emergency
crews are on the scene. No further details are know at this time."
Update at 6:41 p.m. ET. Lots Of Police Activity:
During
its live broadcast, KCEN-TV showed police vehicles streaming into the
base. An eyewitness told the station that a helicopter was flying over
the base and he had counted tens of ambulances and police vehicles as
well as a Swat team.
Fort Hood is under a shelter-in-place order after reports of a shooting at the Texas Army base.
The 1st Cavalry Division that personnel "should shelter in place immediately, close doors and stay away from windows."
Fort Hood was
This is a breaking news story. We'll update once we know more.
Fort Hood: “Shelter in place” order after shooting
The Fort Hood military installation in Texas is locked down after a
shooting that left at least four people dead and injured an unknown
number, according to authorities.
Four people were killed, according to government officials. It’s
unclear at this moment if the four dead includes the shooter, who
officials have confirmed was killed, but that number is believed to
include the shooter.
Fort Hood, which remained locked down at 8 p.m., reported that there
were multiple injuries after the shooting. However, Fort Hood officials
said the number of people injured had not been confirmed.
There are believed to be 14 people injured in the shooting, according to law enforcement officials. David Ross, a Fort Hood official, said the site is fully locked down and “completely sealed” as they search every building.
“There is a confirmed shooting that occurred,” Ross said. “We’re still trying to identify what we have.”
A Fort Hood soldier briefed on the shooting said it reportedly took place at or near a medical facility on post.
Fort Hood’s Web site is urging people to shelter in place immediately, something followed up by this tweet.
The base was the site of a shooting in 2009 that ultimately killed 13 people and wounded another 32, the worst mass murder at a military installation in U.S. history. Nidal Hasan was sentenced to death last year for the shooting after being found guilty of premeditated and attempted premeditated murder.
Speaking in Chicago, President Obama said his administration was following the shooting closely.
“I want to just assure all of us we are going to get to the bottom of
exactly what happened,” he said, according to the pool report. “We’re
heartbroken something like this might have happened again.” This post has been updated. First posted: 6:12 p.m. Ernesto Londoño, Philip Rucker, Adam Goldman and Sari Horwitz contributed to this report.
kcentv.com – KCEN HD – Waco, Temple, and Killeen
The Fort Hood military base in Texas is locked down after a confirmed shooting at the installation.
Multiple people are injured at Fort Hood after a shooting, but it’s
unclear how many people were injured, said Marcine Folsom, a public
service officer with the Bell County Sheriff’s Department.
“The person, as far as we know, is still at large,” Folsom said.
Fort Hood’s Web site is urging people to shelter in place immediately, something followed up by this tweet.
The base was the site of a shooting in 2009 that ultimately killed 13 people and wounded another 32, the worst mass murder at a military installation in U.S. history.
Marvin Guy and Henry Magee
One
Friday last May, the sun had not yet risen when a SWAT team ignited a
flash-bang grenade outside Marvin Guy's apartment in Killeen, Texas.
Officers were trying to climb in through a window when Guy, who had a
criminal record and was suspected of possessing cocaine, opened fire.
Four officers were hit; one of them was killed.
1st Cavalry Division
