11 killed, plus gunman, in Fort Hood shootings Options

[brooklyneast05]

(CNN) -- Eleven people plus a gunman were killed and 31 were wounded after the gunman opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, a Fort Hood spokesman said.

The gunman was a soldier, and two other soldiers have been detained as suspects, said the spokesman, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone.

Cone said more than one shooter may have been involved.

resident Obama called the shootings "tragic" and "a horrific outburst of violence." He expressed his condolences for the shooting victims.

Officials at Fort Hood, which is the Army's largest U.S. post, were asking people there to stay away from windows, CNN affiliate KXXV said. The incident took place at the sports dome, now known as the soldier readiness area, the station reported.

FBI agents are headed to the scene to assist, said Erik Vasys, spokesman for the FBI office in San Antonio. He had no other details.

On the Fort Hood Web site, the word "closed" is posted with the statement, "Effective immediately, Fort Hood is closed. Organizations/units are instructed to execute a 100 percent accountability of all personnel."

Fort Hood, with about 40,000 troops, is home to the Army's 1st Cavalry Division and elements of the 4th Infantry Division, as well as the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and the 13th Corps Support Command. It is located near Killeen, Texas.

At least 25,000 people are at Fort Hood on any given day, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon said.

Fort Hood is home to the Warrior Combat Stress Reset Program, which is designed to help soldiers overcome combat stress issues.

In June, Fort Hood's commander, Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, told CNN that he was trying to ease the kind of stresses soldiers face. He has pushed for soldiers working a day schedule to return home for dinner by 6 p.m., and required his personal authorization for anyone working weekends. At the time, two soldiers stationed there had committed suicide in 2009 -- a rate well below those of other posts.

no good

[Simba]

no good

and it probably doesn't help things gonna get stirred up cause he might be Muslim

[brooklyneast05]

^that's what i was thinking too

[technicolour]

He IS a Mulsim, he was born Muslim. I'm only 45 minutes away from all of this.



Irony though, it's November 5th.

[karmakiller]

^ Oh. My. God. Psychic shit up in here.

[Tomates]

They found out the gunman isnt dead. Just wounded.

[Maccabee]

A really close friend of ours works there. We are trying to find out if he was injured or killed but we cant get a hold of him.

[smash]

scary.

[*Janette*]

Irony though, it's November 5th.

pretty freaky.

[superstitious]

NPR has been airing interviews, news and such all day about this. Very sad, to say the least. So far, most of what I've heard is really focused on the Muslim related situation with the alleged shooter (it's been alleged all day, has anything changed?) Add to that, the idea of vicarious psychological distress, impending ship out and supposed loneliness, there are a number of add-ups to this/for this event.

[sranz]

Oh, is that why fort Hood was a trending topic on Twitter?

[Amaranthus]

My family lives in the city where Fort Hood was located, so we're were concerned, obviously.