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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A shooting took place at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas but it is unclear how many people were injured and how many shooters were involved, an Army official in Washington said.
The official said the shooting occurred near a theater used for briefings on the base.
Media reports earlier said at least 7 people were killed and 12 wounded.
Media is saying that there is a shooter(s) surrounded and that firing is still going on. Crazy.
Source
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting_suspect
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motbob
United States12546 Posts
Ugh, what a nightmare. I remember walking back from the theater on base in Ft. Dix. It would suck to have this in the back of your mind.
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Apparently 7 are now reported dead in dual attacks. One shooting at a personal and medical processing center while the other one was near the theater.
Hope that's just the extent.
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TeaDahtCrazy...... *sigh*
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TeaDahtCrazy you're an idiot.
Shootings like this are fucked up. I couldn't imagine something like this happening to me, like at my school or something. There's a fuckton of crazy people in this world..
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Until the full situation plays out this is just getting more and more interesting.
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
Now reporting 7 killed, 12 wounded. One gunman in custody right now with another 1 or 2 possibly on the loose.
Sad day, as it came on the day of a graduation ceremony at the base.
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Looks like the shooters were Soldiers.
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13 dead, 31 wounded is what I'm seeing. Shooter is wounded but in stable condition and has yet to be interrogated.. ridiculous to say the least..
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Wonder how long it'll take for a real backlash for Arabs and Muslims? I've read that already a few threatening phone calls have already been made.
This is a terrible situation. Hopefully it's not compounded by some racist backlash.
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On November 06 2009 12:23 choboPEon wrote:
Wonder how long it'll take for a real backlash for Arabs and Muslims? I've read that already a few threatening phone calls have already been made.
This is a terrible situation. Hopefully it's not compounded by some racist backlash.
This happened in Texas... not expecting some type of racist backlash would be wishful thinking.
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On November 06 2009 12:30 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:Show nested quote +On November 06 2009 12:23 choboPEon wrote:
Wonder how long it'll take for a real backlash for Arabs and Muslims? I've read that already a few threatening phone calls have already been made.
This is a terrible situation. Hopefully it's not compounded by some racist backlash. This happened in Texas... not expecting some type of racist backlash would be wishful thinking.
yaman, we still have confederate flags and shit
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update is that liek 12 are dead, including the shooter, and like 20-30 more are injured.
the shooter was of jordanian descent or lineage or w/e.. Has a real muslim type name, and not sure if that plays in to it..
heard that he was a soldier that didnt want to go serve a tour of duty.. and i guess this happened?
either way.. its really messed up, sad, and unfortunate.
I wish the families of the victims well and my condolences go out to them.
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On November 06 2009 12:56 Sosha wrote:
update is that liek 12 are dead, including the shooter, and like 20-30 more are injured.
the shooter was of jordanian descent or lineage or w/e.. Has a real muslim type name, and not sure if that plays in to it..
heard that he was a soldier that didnt want to go serve a tour of duty.. and i guess this happened?
either way.. its really messed up, sad, and unfortunate.
I wish the families of the victims well and my condolences go out to them.
"has a real muslim type name"
wtf does that mean, that some dude could have a fake muslim name?
"not sure if that plays in to it"
great job painting the entire brown population with 'real muslim type names' as terrorists.
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There was a little bit of background info about this guy. The shooter is an American born in Virginia but he's of some middle eastern descent.
He is a major and psychologist who was working with troops that were going to be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, or returning soldiers.
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Mystlord
United States10264 Posts
This will be another one of those things that people will remember for about a week. People will cry for more attention for the condition of the soldiers. Then it will all die down, and in a month's time, people will start citing this case. Sigh...
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On November 06 2009 12:30 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:Show nested quote +On November 06 2009 12:23 choboPEon wrote:
Wonder how long it'll take for a real backlash for Arabs and Muslims? I've read that already a few threatening phone calls have already been made.
This is a terrible situation. Hopefully it's not compounded by some racist backlash. This happened in Texas... not expecting some type of racist backlash would be wishful thinking.
Fair enough but there's the rest of the country to consider.
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On November 06 2009 13:09 Mystlord wrote:
This will be another one of those things that people will remember for about a week. People will cry for more attention for the condition of the soldiers. Then it will all die down, and in a month's time, people will start citing this case. Sigh...
Sad as it is for the individuals involved, if it is a sick individual it does not seem like something that ought to be carved into our national memory with too much weight.
Eh, this is coming out wrong.I don't mean it's something to simply toss aside and forget but it's important to recognize it for what it is - a disturbed individual committing a crime.
It is dangerous to take the action of an individual and give it too much weight. Again, it's sad for the individuals and an investigation should be made into what sort of mental state this man was in but as far as Americans remembering this more than any other random loss of life..
Depends on the details that have yet to emerge, though. There have been plenty of false reports so far and much can change.
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United States2474 Posts
On November 06 2009 13:00 SanguineToss wrote:Show nested quote +On November 06 2009 12:56 Sosha wrote:
update is that liek 12 are dead, including the shooter, and like 20-30 more are injured.
the shooter was of jordanian descent or lineage or w/e.. Has a real muslim type name, and not sure if that plays in to it..
heard that he was a soldier that didnt want to go serve a tour of duty.. and i guess this happened?
either way.. its really messed up, sad, and unfortunate.
I wish the families of the victims well and my condolences go out to them. "has a real muslim type name" wtf does that mean, that some dude could have a fake muslim name? "not sure if that plays in to it" great job painting the entire brown population with 'real muslim type names' as terrorists.
Whoa man, I think he was just saying that his named sounded foreign and so he was wondering if race would be an issue brought up in this whole thing. I don't think there was any intention of offense.
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