Gunman kills 12 at Fort Hood Army base, suspect alive

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Gunman kills 12 at Fort Hood Army base, suspect alive

Posted by Publius Alter on Nov 5th, 2009 and filed under Top Stories. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

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KILLEEN, Texas (Reuters) – An Army psychiatrist opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, Army officials said, adding the suspect was shot several times but survived.