CG of Ft. Hood was just on the radio. 12 confirmed dead, 31 confirmed wounded. Active shooter killed within minutes by civilian police officers on base. 2 other suspects in custody. No motive known at this time. All three were US soldiers.

No WCE, please pray for the wounded, the fallen, and their families.

God bless them.

pfunk

The MSNBC article said one of those in custody is a Major. I would have thought younger enlisted, but not someone who has been commissioned and been in long enough to get that high.

3 soldiers did the shooting with pistols, what kind of conspiracy is this ?

Sweet Jesus. This is horrible.

I would have never suspected a Major or high ranking officer.


Wheels

Same..

But theoretically, do you think this might be a terrorist attack? I wouldn't be completely surprised, al-Qaeda for example are known to be quite good at biding their time and planning things, people in the US who 'knew' the hijackers of the 9/11 aircraft generally said they never noticed anything off about'em..

And what kinda effect will it have on the US military if it is al-Qaeda, and they have actually been infiltrated by al-Qaeda 'sleeper' agents?

There is some report that the Major was connected to Darnell Army Community Hospital and was due to deploy. I do know that a medical unit is scheduled to deploy sometime soon and this may be someone involved.

The rank may not be a true judge of military experience. I have known many Captains, Majors and even a Leutenant Colonel or two that have had less than three years military experience. If it was someone like a Nurse Anesthetist or a Doctor that was direct commissioned into the Army that person may have little or no military experience.

Anything is possible but it's too early for me to be thinking about it being a terrorist attack.
I am curious if the soldiers in question were set to be deployed again soon.
This reminds me more of a disgruntled employee.
Similar to the Postal worker attacks we had a few years back


Wheels

just heard they're possibly searching for a 4th suspect still at large...this is very strange indeed. I mean a Major and possibly 4 others conspiring together? Something smells fishy (unless of course the other 3 suspects are innocent)

Enraging news to come home to today.