ARMY OFFICIALS: Suspect in shooting is not dead, but in stable condition.

KILLEEN — In a shocking announcement at a news conference, Fort Hood officials announced Nidal Malik Hasan was not killed. He is in stable condition at a local hospital. There are 12 people killed and 31 wounded. Lt. Gen. Robet Cone says Hasan was the only shooter in the incident. Earlier, two people were arrested and released. Now, officials say those two were trying to stop the shooting. Hasan is not currently speaking to investigators.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A U.S. Army spokesman says the Fort Hood
shootings suspect is alive and was not killed by authorities
responding to the attack.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone also says the death toll from the attack
remains 12 after another victim died.

Authorities said immediately after Thursday's attack that they
had killed the suspected shooter. But Cone now says the suspected
shooter is alive and stable condition.

Cone offered little explanation to reporters at a news
conference as to why the suspect was believed dead, saying only
there was confusion at the hospital.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The office of a Texas congressman says two
soldiers who were taken into custody following a deadly rampage at
Fort Hood have been released.
A spokesman for Rep. John Carter says Fort Hood officials
informed Carter's office of the release. Carter's congressional
district includes the Army base.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says the Army
major accused of the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, was about to
deploy overseas.
Hutchison says she was told about the upcoming deployment by
generals based at Fort Hood. But it was unclear if he was headed to
Iraq or Afghanistan and exactly when he was scheduled to leave.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials say the suspected shooter
at Fort Hood was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center
for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July.

The officials had access to Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's military
record. They said he received a poor performance evaluation while
at Walter Reed.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because military
records are confidential.

The Virginia-born soldier was single with no children. He was 39
years old.

He is a graduate of Virginia Tech University, where he was a
member of the ROTC and earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry
in 1997. He received his medical degree from the military's
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda,
Md., in 2001. At Walter Reed, he did his internship, residency and
a fellowship.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Fort Hood shooting suspect is Major Malik Nadal Hasan and was the Army mental health professional.
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Obama calls shootings at Ford Hood a "horrific outburst of violence."
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Army spokesman General Bob Cohen released the following information about the shooting at Ft. Hood.

One shooter who was killed is a solider.

There were eye witnesses who stated there was more than one shooter

The installatation is on a lockdown.

Children are locked in facilities along with all families.

All casualties took place in the initial moments of incident. They were shot in the soldier readiness facility.

Two weapons were recovered, both handguns.

No children were killed and the local police force responded quickly.

One police officer who died killed the shooter.

The army is asking people to go inside until they can determine what happened.

Soldiers have been mobilized.
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Statesman.com release

A general at Fort Hood has told Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison there could be as many as 30 wounded.

Shooting is second in little more than a year at the post.

"We don't know what's going on. Everybody is calm. Nobody's panicking," Fort Hood Chaplain Alva Bennett just told us.

Killeen ISD has locked down its 9 schools on the post. The other schools in the district have not been locked down.
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CONFIRMED SHOOTING AT FORT HOOD

III Corps & Fort Hood Public Affairs Office

FORT HOOD, Texas - Department of Emergency Services officials confirmed at
approximately 1:30 p.m. Nov. 5 that more than one shooter fired shots into
the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center and Howze Theater on Fort Hood.
Emergency personnel have responded to the scene and evacuated several
wounded.

Officials cannot at this time confirm the number of fatalities or wounded.

Of the shooters, one has been apprehended.
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KILLEEN — NBC News is reporting 7 people are dead and 12 injured in a shooting at Fort Hood Army Base in Killeen. There is no work if the victims are military or civilians.

One gunman is reportedly iun custody and another on the loose. No one is allowed on or off the post at this time. Officials say the second person may be hiding in a building on the base.

Fort Hood is adjacent to Killeen, and 60 miles northeast of Austin. The sprawling complex is home to at least 4,929 active duty officers and 45,414 enlisted. Civilian employees total nearly 9,000.

More information can be found at this address: http://www.centraltexasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=11451571

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Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison press release

"I am shocked and saddened by today's outburst of violence at Fort Hood that has cost seven of our brave service members their lives and has gravely injured others. My heart goes out to their loved ones. Our dedicated military personnel have sacrificed so much in service to our country, and it sickens me that the men and women of Fort Hood have been subjected to this senseless, random violence. I know all Americans share this concern for the soldiers and their families who are affected by this tragedy,"
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