Thursday, April 3, 2014

Fort Hood Shooting: Soldier With 'Mental Health Issues' Kills 3, Self


ABC News | April 2, 2014

Fort Hood ShootingThe soldier who gunned down three colleagues today at Fort Hood before killing himself was a combat veteran who suffered from "mental issues" and was being evaluated for possible post-traumatic stress disorder, a Fort Hood commander said today. 
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley declined to identify the shooter during a news briefing, but law enforcement and military sources told ABC News the assailant was Spc. Ivan Lopez. Milley said the shooter was assigned to the 13th Sustainment Command, which is based at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, and had served four months in Iraq in 2011. 

A motive had not been identified, Milley said. He added that there was "no indication" the incident was related to terrorism, although investigators were not ruling anything out. 

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