Something disturbing going on at Fort Hood (CNN is getting more details)

[applegrove]

Here is an update:

There has been a "shooting incident" at Fort Hood that is being handled by the military, according to the Bell County Sheriff's Office in central Texas. Fort Hood has confirmed only an "incident on post." No other details were immediately available.

(CNN Breaking News Email)

[mercuryblues]

1. did they

find the missing plane there? it is CNN after all.

[joeybee12]

2. Beat me to it...

Seriously, there is apparently nothing else going on in the world, according to them...nada, nothing, zilch.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Thanks ...

care to give us a hint as what is going on?

[applegrove]

5. CNN hasn't said yet. The poster next to you said it was an active shooter.

A few people hurt.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Reports of a Shooting on Fort Hood

Posted: Apr 02, 2014 2:32 PM PDT
Updated: Apr 02, 2014 2:58 PM PDT


(KCEN) -- We have reports of an active shooter on Fort Hood.

We have reports that there are several injuries from this shooting. There is at least one patient being transported to the hospital.

We are also getting reports of victims in the Battle Simulation Center on 65th and Warehouse.

...

http://www.kcentv.com/story/25146842/reports-of-shooting-on-fort-hood

[maddezmom]

6. Another link

KCEN-TV in Central Texas is reporting multiple people have been injured Wednesday in a second mass shooting at Fort Hood.

An official at the base said the post is on lock down.

KCEN reports at least one person has been transported to an area hospital in an unknown condition and that several others are injured.

The exact number of injured are not yet known.

The shooting is believed to have taken place at the Medical Brigade Building.

The shooter is believed to be at-large.

More:
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Active-Shooter-Reported-at-Fort-Hood-253636461.html

[pinboy3niner]

7. First link has live running coverage

It's KCEN-TV, to which the second link is attributing:

http://www.kcentv.com/story/25146842/reports-of-shooting-on-fort-hood

[maddezmom]

8. Thanks, KHOU just had a little blurb

At least 3 injured.

ETA: dang, live feed not working on my iPad or iPhone.

[maddezmom]

18. 20 shots fired into a post motor pool, 8 taken to hospital according to KHOU.

[greatauntoftriplets]

38. I heard 8 people hit so far on the PBS Newshour.

[mwdem]

9. Again?

WTF?

[chillfactor]

10. what is with Fort Hood?

I thought they put more security in place after the last nutcase let lose with a gun

[NutmegYankee]

16. Security isnt any good if it's an insider.

A person with the proper badges and credentials can always get something in. The contractor who shot up the Navy Yard just drove in, parked his car, and took the shotgun inside the building past security tucked in his gym bag.

[Blue_Tires]

19. I dunno...

I've been asking what the deal was with Fort Bragg for years now (crime syndicates, drugrunning rings, deviant sex scandals, neo-Nazi cells, black-market wholesales of military toys, etc. etc.)

[POsphere]

11. gee I wonder if the culture of killing in military

had anything to do with this.

[msanthrope]

13. Knock it off. nt

[B2G]

14. Doubtful. nt

[Boom Sound 416]

35. What kind of culture should a global nuclear military

Comprised of train killers have?

[nomorenomore08]

40. Very true. Even if you support a smaller, less aggressive military - as I do - you can't expect

people, past a certain point, not to do what they've been trained/brainwashed to do.

[onenote]

50. Of course I expect members of the military not to kill fellow members of the armed forces

I can have that expectation because 99.9 percent of them don't do it

[nomorenomore08]

57. Obviously the vast majority manage not to do so. But I'm still not shocked when it happens. n/t

[DrDan]

58. why is that?

no agenda here - spent a lot of time in the military . . . . just confused as to why you would feel that way

[nomorenomore08]

59. I guess when people are trained to kill, not all of them are able to compartmentalize that.

Most are able, at least to the extent of not murdering people once they get back home, but there are always exceptions.

[DrDan]

60. agree with that - there are exceptions everywhere that lead us to tragedies

not sure the military does more than it's share . . . pretty normal folks in my experience

[Hip_Flask]

44. I've never actually killed a train...

Do you go straight for the engine or sneak up through the caboose?

*ba dum tish*

[Boom Sound 416]

45. Hi-ooohhhh!!

I guess I went a little loco with my motive

[oneshooter]

46. My Dad killed several trains in Korea.

Told me that the steam engines "smoked" real good when hit by 12 .50 MG's.

[Hip_Flask]

47. Cool...

[oneshooter]

61. The unit he was with the 13th Bomb Wing(light) flew WW2 gun nose B-25's and A-26's.

The B-25 's had 8-12 .50cal MG's mounted on the nose, 4-500# bombs in the bay, and 4-6 wing mounted 5" rockets. They specialized in interdiction of NK road and rail traffic, at night. Made it very hard to resupply their forces in the south.

[Hip_Flask]

62. Logistics wins and loses wars...

Cool job...

[oneshooter]

63. He said it could get"a little hairy" sometimes.

The NK would inflate black balloons attached to steel cables. On the other end would be 3-400# blocks of concrete. They would place these along the roadways and tracks at night, with 3-500feet of cable. He told me of a b-25 returning from a mission with a cable wrapped around the wing outboard of the engine, and dragging the concrete block with it! When it landed the block drug for a little bit then the cable sheared off 8' of wing. needless to say the crew chief was hopping mad.

[Jackpine Radical]

54. I bet the engineer was relly steamed.

[pinboy3niner]

56. He completely went off de rails

It was especially disappointing because right up until the end he thought he could, he thought he could, he thought he could.

[Hip_Flask]

42. Stay classy...

Reminds me of a person who hears their daughter got raped and asks "What were you wearing?... Oh, well dressed like that it's no wonder"

[POsphere]

48. Really? That's where you went with this

by the way, the rape culture in the military is worse than in civilian.

[Hip_Flask]

49. The question is why you went where you did...

[B2G]

12. There was news a few days ago

About a recent recruit planning such an attack. Last I heard it was bebunked. Hmmmm...

[anneboleyn]

17. I remember this -- bizarre story, and now a shooting?

I thought that was so odd (yesterday I believe?) when it was suddenly claimed that this person posed no threat -- so we were to disregard the news of the day before when it was said that there WAS some kind of threat posed by a person of interest. Strange indeed.

[B2G]

22. And they specifically described it as

a 'Ft Hood type shooting'. Then it went poof, down the memory hole, with no details.

Beyond odd.

[oldhippie]

20. It was probably debunked because .....

... he was member of the religion of peace. Couldn't possibly have planned to hurt anyone.

[B2G]

24. No way. nt

[maddezmom]

21. Yeah, just was reading it. Link here

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/04/01/fbi-hunts-army-recruit-suspected-of-plotting-jihad.html?comp=700001075741&rank=7

Fox News | Apr 01, 2014 | by Jana Winter
The FBI is searching for a recent Army recruit believed to be planning a "Fort Hood-inspired jihad against U.S. soldiers," FoxNews.com has learned.
The alert, whose legitimacy was confirmed by military and law enforcement officials, stated that a man identified as Booker had told friends of his "intention to commit jihad." Booker, who is also known as Muhammad Abdullah Hassan, was recruited by the U.S. Army in Kansas City, Mo., in February 2014 and was scheduled to report for basic training on April 7. But he was discharged last week, apparently after law enforcement authorities learned of his alleged plan.
Both the FBI and the 902d Military Intelligence Group at Fort Leavenworth are involved in the hunt.
The alert, a copy of which was obtained by FoxNews.com, was sent out by the FBI's Kansas City Division on Friday and distributed through the U.S. Marine Corps. The portion obtained by FoxNews.com did not include Hassan's photo or age. It was also sent to the Kansas City Police Department, which could indicate authorities believe he may have remained in the area where he was recruited.
The alert is titled, “Planned Fort Hood-inspired Jihad against US Soldiers by Army Recruit” and was issued “to inform and protect officers who may encounter this individual or others exhibiting the same aspirations.” The source of the information contained in the alert was listed as “An FBI agent.”

[B2G]

25. Per KWTX, one confirmed death

This could be bad. Very bad.

[quinnox]

15. Really bizarre if it is another mass shooting at the same Fort

[oldhippie]

23. Copycat crimes are not that rare.

It's a proven way to get attention.

[malaise]

26. Active Shooter

Stay Away from Windows - personnel on post must head to shelters.

Good grief - CNN is showing something going on in America.

[oldhippie]

27. I live right next to Fort Hood .....

... and my son was stopped at two police roadblock/checkpoints just driving by the post on the way home. I suspect the shooter may have left post.

[herding cats]

30. They don't know where he is is what I heard.

Stay inside and keep the doors locked.

[herding cats]

28. One dead mutiple wounded.

I head at least three shot one dead. I hope it's just a mistaken early report.

One thing we know, Fort Hood has another active shooter situation. It's one of the most deployed, if not the most deployed bases in the country. They're bound to see a disproportionate number of PTSD.

[B2G]

29. You are really jumping to conclusions here

We know nothing at the moment.

[herding cats]

36. Actually, it's what's being said on the ground.

No one knows the full details yet. Which I though I made that clear?

[Cha]

43. Ya did.

[herding cats]

52. Thanks, Cha!

I'm a nobody here, I don't mind that status. Even if it's nice to be treated kindly I don't expect it from most members.

I do thank you for always being kind, though. You are a light to drive away the shadows. You've never been anything but kind and polite to me. I thank you for it and want you to know it has been noticed!

[Cha]

53. Stop ya right there.. trust me..

you're not nobody!

Now where were we?.. Oh, dear.. why Mahalo.. how kind of you, herding cats!

What a way to start the day!

[Jack for Sanders]

34. Nidal Malik Hasan never deployed. Not once.

He butchered 13 of his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood.

Of course that was ruled a "work place incident".

Out of respect I suppose.

[ananda]

31. It's real. One dead, several injured.. and still active.

..

[malaise]

39. Shooter dead - eight shot -four in 'grave' condition - four others shot

believed to be only one shooter.

[Ilsa]

32. m$nbc reporting that the FBI had alerted

Military bases about an individual trying to join the Army so he could get in and cause greater harm and casualties. He wasn't accepted in, but he was recruiting for an assistant to help him shoot people.

M$nbc is reporting there may be two shooters, eight people injured.

[B2G]

33. He enlisted in February

And was set to go to boot camp in April. Last I heard, nothing came of it. Uh huh.

[malaise]

37. Eight people shot per Rev Al -on M$NBComcast

Damn!

[Vashta Nerada]

41. Isn't that, like, the third time in a year that's happened at Fort Hood?

[onenote]

51. No its not.

As far as I know, the only other multiple victim shooting on the base occurred in November 2009.

[dionysus]

55. holy shit it doesn't seem that long ago.. how time flies!