The story describes it as chaos....thats a goal of terrorists. Ivan Lopez has been named as a shooter.. The only one? One dead? Four dead? The four critically wounded? Eight wounded? Fourteen wounded? Where are the reporters? A shooting at Ft. Hood that reportedly left at least four dead -- including the shooter -- and 14 injured Wednesday was a soldier on soldier incident without any preliminary terrorism link, a senior Department of Homeland Security source told FoxNews. A senior law enforcement official tells Fox News that at least four people, including the gunman, died in the shooting and 14 were injured, but there was no immediate information on the condition of the injured. The Homeland Security source, who stressed the information was preliminary, added that there was currently no [counter terrorism] nexus and said it appears the shooter killed himself. Earlier, a senior law enforcement official told Fox News that it is believed one shooter had been “neutralized,” and another could be in the vicinity. “There has been a shooting at Fort Hood and injuries are reported,” the base said in a press release. “Emergency crews are on the scene. No further details are known at this time.” A worker at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, which is located at Ft. Hood, told Fox News they were treating two patients who were wounded in the shooting. The worker says doctors have been told to expect more, although it’s unclear how many more they might be expecting. “It’s chaos,” a source outside the hospital told FoxNews. “I see lots of ambulances coming in. There are helicopters everywhere.” The sheriffs office dispatched deputies and troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety to the nearby Texas Army base, Bell County Sheriffs Office Lt. Donnie Adams said. Fort Hood ordered everyone at the base to shelter in place. The order was sent on the bases Twitter feed and posted on its Facebook page. The 1st Calvary Division, which is based at Fort Hood, sent a Twitter alert telling people on base to close doors and stay away from windows. President Obama has been informed of the shooting and will continue to receive updates, the White House said. In 2009, U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, a psychiatrist who had become a radical Muslim while serving in the military, killed 13 people and injured dozens more inside the Army base in Killeen, Texas. Hasan, who represented himself at a military trial after clashing with his appointed attorneys, was sentenced to death in August. Fox News’ Martin Finn, Jennifer Griffin, Shayla Bezdrob, Jana Winter and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 00:48:32 +0000