Fort Hood Texas was the scene of a mass shooting today at the military base there at approximately 1:30 Eastern Time. The shooter is said to have been killed and was a soldier stationed there at the base. In addition to the 12 confirmed dead, there were also more than 30 other individuals sent to local hospitals with injuries related to the shooting. The motive for the shooting has yet to be determined. The chaos took place on the base in a “soldier readiness facility” where soldiers get their affairs in order when preparing for deployment and upon their return home. The Fort Hood base is the largest base in the United States and is the primary training facility for soldiers being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Of course the obvious question is whether this is terrorism related. No determination has been made as of yet to that possibility or any other scenario at this point. Two other soldiers are said to also be in custody at this time and are currently under questioning.
5:40pm – CNN is reporting that the solider suspected of committing these acts has been identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan – a 39 year old major stationed at the base who was about to be deployed to Afghanistan.
[...] a situation as devastating as that which occurred last week at Fort Hood occurs, I am particularly intrigued how the story is reported. Even though the culprit, Malik [...]