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Multiple Victims in Ft. Hood Shooting Spree
ANNE GEARAN
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON - Seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings Thursday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, the Army says.
An army spokesman in Washington says the base has been locked down following the shootings. Another official told The Asociated Press that at least one shooter had been caught.
The FBI is sending agents to the scene.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks says the first shooting began at about 1:30 p.m. at a personnel and medical processing office. The facility, called a Soldier Rating and Processing center, handles administrative details for soldiers.
Banks says two shooters were apparently involved. There was no immediate word on who they were, nor on identities of the dead.
Banks says the second incident took place at a theater on the sprawling base.
Another Army official identified that site as the Howze Theater.
That official, who requested anonymity to discuss an evolving incident, said a graduation had been scheduled for 2 p.m. at the theater.
The White House said President Barack Obama was notified of the shootings.
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Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor and Devlin Barrett contributed to this report.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON - Seven people were killed and 20 wounded in a pair of shootings Thursday at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas, the Army says.
An army spokesman in Washington says the base has been locked down following the shootings. Another official told The Asociated Press that at least one shooter had been caught.
The FBI is sending agents to the scene.
Army spokesman Lt. Col. Nathan Banks says the first shooting began at about 1:30 p.m. at a personnel and medical processing office. The facility, called a Soldier Rating and Processing center, handles administrative details for soldiers.
Banks says two shooters were apparently involved. There was no immediate word on who they were, nor on identities of the dead.
Banks says the second incident took place at a theater on the sprawling base.
Another Army official identified that site as the Howze Theater.
That official, who requested anonymity to discuss an evolving incident, said a graduation had been scheduled for 2 p.m. at the theater.
The White House said President Barack Obama was notified of the shootings.
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Associated Press writers Lolita C. Baldor and Devlin Barrett contributed to this report.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by Joe P. on -
K Patrick McDonald said:At some point, though, the wise of us will also concern ourselves with the disproportionate amount of violence and suffering caused by errant physicians, as Nidal Malik Hasan certainly is. As professional rescuers, we cannot morally ignore painful truths forever. With focus, we can make a difference. It may well be that Hasan had no warning signs to be picked up on. But I'm betting he had plenty.
Let's say he had 'warning signs.' What are you going to do, pull his license? Then what's he going to do? Jail him? Amazingly enough, physicians are people. Physicians aren't some sort of super human beings who don't have issues from time to time just like everyone else. Well, at least MDs aren't super human (excuse me while I practice my HVLA... :D) .
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There are right at a dozen non-profits working on this, and we all pretty much break even. Nobody I know is making any money.
The shilling idea is science fiction. We all have access to the same information. Painful, irritating? You bet. And very, very real. Some folks pull their heads out of the sand, some don't.
Ben Waller said:Patrick,
Please stop using the Ft. Hood tragedy to shill for your anti-physician book.
That is never appropriate, and especially not now.
Don't waste your time denying what you are doing - your tactics are transparent, they are highly inappropriate, and the timing couldn't possibly be worse.
Are your books' sales really so low that you have to stoop to this?
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