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Fort Hood Shooter apparently Army Officer
November 5, 2009 | Tagged Fort Hood murders, Nadal Hasan, Spree Killings | Leave a Comment
Early news reports on the shooting at Fort Hood indicate that the alleged perpetrator was a U.S. Army major armed with two handguns. In what seems to be some sort of “reverse fragging” incident, the major apparently “executed” 11 or 12 soldiers and wounded over 30 others, before being killed himself by a civilian security guard or police official. The law enforcement officer evidently gave his own life in the firefight.
As least two other individuals have been detained in conjunction with this event. Their roles appear to be uncertain at this time.
News sources seem reluctant to call the shootings a terrorist attack, but the officer involved seems to have a name associated with Middle Eastern origins. As a major in the U.S. Army, the shooter would have to have undergone some sort of background checks to obtain security clearances.
The shootings undoubtedly occurred in a nominal “gun free zone” on the sprawling Fort Hood Military Installation. It is beyond imagination that one man with two handguns could have killed about a dozen armed soldiers.
The families and comrades of the fallen deserve our somber thoughts and heartfelt prayers. My initial reaction leans toward a terrorist explanation. Only time will tell, if this plays out.
Under any sort of gun control scheme imaginable, the army major would have had access to firearms. We will see if the Left tries to use this tragedy as a springboard for more gun control.
Def Mech