Active Shooter Situation Confirmed at Fort Hood

[Twitchy]

Multiple people are injured after a shooting at the Fort Hood Army base Wednesday afternoon, base officials said, and the base is on lockdown.

As many as eight people may be injured, and there may have been two shooters, NBC News reported. One of those was believed to be "down," while the second was believed to be at-large, according to NBC News.

Fort Hood confirmed that a shooting occurred at the base, though the number of people injured and the severity of their injuries has not been confirmed.

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

So, what are you guys thinking on this? Especially since Fox News reported yesterday that a recruit was planning an event like this?

Link to Fox News Story: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/01/military-hunts-one-time-recruit-planning-ft-hood-style-jihad/

[Stormfeather]

Caught this earlier today when the story broke, you would think that if they had advance notice, they would have press-checked this fool as soon as he showed up at the front gate.

[Twitchy]

Caught this earlier today when the story broke, you would think that if they had advance notice, they would have press-checked this fool as soon as he showed up at the front gate.

you would think...

[Stormfeather]

— Officials at Fort Hood have released few details about the gunman who killed three people before taking his own life in a shooting Wednesday at the sprawling Army base. Here's what we know about the gunman.

— His name is Ivan Lopez. He is married, has other family members and lives in the Fort Hood area, having arrived at the post in February from another military base in Texas. He was assigned to the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) at Fort Hood, which is a logistics and support unit. Officials did not release his rank on Wednesday, but said he was not in the process of leaving the Army.

— Lopez served for four months in Iraq in 2011. He was not wounded in action while serving overseas, but self-reported a traumatic brain injury upon his return to the U.S. "He was not a wounded warrior," said Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, the senior officer at Fort Hood. "He was not wounded in action, to our records, no Purple Heart, not wounded in action in that regard."

— Lopez had several mental health issues. He was taking medication and receiving psychiatric help for depression and anxiety, and was undergoing a process to determine whether he had post-traumatic stress disorder. "We do not know a motive," Milley said. "We do know that this soldier had behavioral health and mental health issues, and was being treated for that."

— Lopez had one weapon, a .45 caliber Smith and Wesson handgun, that was not registered with post authorities as required. Authorities don't yet know how much ammunition he was carrying.

— Lopez died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He killed himself in a parking lot at the base transportation brigade's administration building, after he was confronted by a military policewoman. "It was clearly heroic, what she did at that moment in time," Milley said. "She did her job, and she did exactly what we would expect of United States Army military police."

[ElevenBravo]

Piece of shit non hacker took his own, no loss IMHO. Seams like he wanted to steal some valour but never got certified, so his grey matter went AWOL and took some people for revenge. Thats my read anyway....

It just burns me up, troops are issued weapons and ammo over seas, but damn if as soon as you are stateside (Land of the big PX), you cannot have any weapon or ammo on post.. Leaving, everyone a defenceless target!

Does anyone else see the strangeness in this??

EB