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(132,314 posts) Wed Apr 2, 2014, 05:56 PM Apr 2014

Something disturbing going on at Fort Hood (CNN is getting more details) [View all]

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)

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Something disturbing going on at Fort Hood (CNN is getting more details) [View all] applegrove Apr 2014 OP

did they mercuryblues Apr 2014 #1

Beat me to it... joeybee12 Apr 2014 #2

Thanks ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2014 #3

CNN hasn't said yet. The poster next to you said it was an active shooter. applegrove Apr 2014 #5

Reports of a Shooting on Fort Hood pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #4

Another link maddezmom Apr 2014 #6

First link has live running coverage pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #7

Thanks, KHOU just had a little blurb maddezmom Apr 2014 #8

20 shots fired into a post motor pool, 8 taken to hospital according to KHOU. maddezmom Apr 2014 #18

I heard 8 people hit so far on the PBS Newshour. greatauntoftriplets Apr 2014 #38

Again? mwdem Apr 2014 #9

what is with Fort Hood? chillfactor Apr 2014 #10

Security isnt any good if it's an insider. NutmegYankee Apr 2014 #16

I dunno... Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #19

gee I wonder if the culture of killing in military POsphere Apr 2014 #11

Knock it off. nt msanthrope Apr 2014 #13

Doubtful. nt B2G Apr 2014 #14

What kind of culture should a global nuclear military Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #35

Very true. Even if you support a smaller, less aggressive military - as I do - you can't expect nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #40

Of course I expect members of the military not to kill fellow members of the armed forces onenote Apr 2014 #50

Obviously the vast majority manage not to do so. But I'm still not shocked when it happens. n/t nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #57

why is that? DrDan Apr 2014 #58

I guess when people are trained to kill, not all of them are able to compartmentalize that. nomorenomore08 Apr 2014 #59

agree with that - there are exceptions everywhere that lead us to tragedies DrDan Apr 2014 #60

I've never actually killed a train... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #44

Hi-ooohhhh!! Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #45

My Dad killed several trains in Korea. oneshooter Apr 2014 #46

Cool... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #47

The unit he was with the 13th Bomb Wing(light) flew WW2 gun nose B-25's and A-26's. oneshooter Apr 2014 #61

Logistics wins and loses wars... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #62

He said it could get"a little hairy" sometimes. oneshooter Apr 2014 #63

I bet the engineer was relly steamed. Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #54

He completely went off de rails pinboy3niner Apr 2014 #56

Stay classy... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #42

Really? That's where you went with this POsphere Apr 2014 #48

The question is why you went where you did... Hip_Flask Apr 2014 #49

There was news a few days ago B2G Apr 2014 #12

I remember this -- bizarre story, and now a shooting? anneboleyn Apr 2014 #17

And they specifically described it as B2G Apr 2014 #22

It was probably debunked because ..... oldhippie Apr 2014 #20

No way. nt B2G Apr 2014 #24

Yeah, just was reading it. Link here maddezmom Apr 2014 #21

Per KWTX, one confirmed death B2G Apr 2014 #25

Really bizarre if it is another mass shooting at the same Fort quinnox Apr 2014 #15

Copycat crimes are not that rare. oldhippie Apr 2014 #23

Active Shooter malaise Apr 2014 #26

I live right next to Fort Hood ..... oldhippie Apr 2014 #27

They don't know where he is is what I heard. herding cats Apr 2014 #30

One dead mutiple wounded. herding cats Apr 2014 #28

You are really jumping to conclusions here B2G Apr 2014 #29

Actually, it's what's being said on the ground. herding cats Apr 2014 #36

Ya did. Cha Apr 2014 #43

Thanks, Cha! herding cats Apr 2014 #52

Stop ya right there.. trust me.. Cha Apr 2014 #53

Nidal Malik Hasan never deployed. Not once. Jack for Sanders Apr 2014 #34

It's real. One dead, several injured.. and still active. ananda Apr 2014 #31

Shooter dead - eight shot -four in 'grave' condition - four others shot malaise Apr 2014 #39

m$nbc reporting that the FBI had alerted Ilsa Apr 2014 #32

He enlisted in February B2G Apr 2014 #33

Eight people shot per Rev Al -on M$NBComcast malaise Apr 2014 #37

Isn't that, like, the third time in a year that's happened at Fort Hood? Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #41

No its not. onenote Apr 2014 #51

holy shit it doesn't seem that long ago.. how time flies! dionysus Apr 2014 #55