Early Reports: Fort Hood Shooting Began as Soldier-on-Soldier Attack

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FORT HOOD, TX — New developments about a mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. Β We’veΒ learned four people are dead, including the shooter. Β Officials say 14 other people are hurt. Β The situation is fluid at the time of this posting, because there is still an active scene at the Army post near Waco. Β Early reports are that the incident started as a soldier-on-soldier attack. Β The conditions of the victims range from critical to stable. Β Speaking from Chiago, President Obama promised to get to the bottom of what happened.

“When they’re at their home base, they need to feel safe,” said President Obama. Β “We don’t yet know what happened tonight, but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again.”Β 

Thirteen people died and 32 others were hurt during a shooting spree at Fort Hood in 2009. Β A military jury convicted Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan last year and sentenced him to death.