Fort Hood Texas Shooting: 13 Dead, 30 Wounded at Military Post

MSNBC says seven dead and 12 wounded http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33678801/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

FOX News confirms that 7 are dead and 12 inured. Two shooters are suspects.  One has been arrested.  The shooters wore army fatigues.  The incident happened at the Soldier Readiness Centre. 

It has not been confirmed if the soldiers are in the military.

Fort Hood has been locked down. 

The Soldier Readiness Centre is an Administrative Centre processing people for overseas deployment

The Pentagon confirmed the numbers given above

Mil Police has taken over the Post and those that are on Post now are not allowed to leave. No one is allowed on the Post, including the media.

There are 33,000 people in Fort Hood.  It is the largest U.S. Military Base in the world. 

Background on Fort Hood

FBI is now enroute. Army officials say the number of victims is now unclear, which might indicate that there are more than 7 dead and 12 wounded.

According to Information Officer of Kielleen, TX, Hillary Shine now reports that there are three suspects.  The second one is surrounded, the third shooter apparently now fired shots near the Post Exchange.

http://www.centraltexasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=11451571

KCEN-TV reports third shooter has opened fire and an officer is down.  Still reporting secen dead and 12 wounded.  One gunman may be holed up in building with rifle.

http://www.centraltexasnow.com/global/story.asp?s=11451571

KCEN-TV

There are now reports of a third shooter who has opened fire on Fort Hood. One policeman is down.

So far there are 7 people reported dead, and 12 wounded. There are also reports of two different crime scenes: the SPC and Howve Theater on Battalion Ave.

One person is in custody.

There are unconfirmed reports that one of the shooters is surrounded by police in the 42006 building on Fort Hood. That source tells KCEN the shooter has a high-powered rifle and is aiming to kill.

Killeen ISD says all Fort Hood schools are on lockdown.

Online live coverage KCEN-TV

Wounded count now upped to 20.  Seven dead and 20 wounded.

Thank you so much for all your updates here everyone, they are really helpful!

KCEN-TV now reporting two suspects in custody . . . there is question if there is a third suspect, as reported earlier.

KCEN-TV - Army says there were only two shooters and both are in custody.  Four SWAT officers reported wounded.  Number of dead remains at seven.  Total wounded count at 20.

KCEN-TV - Unknown if related, but report of shots fired at soldier's residence.

Thanks for getting this out Amy.  Ft. Hood is the home of 1st and 2nd Calvary.  The town close by is Killeen, TX .  Many hero's from here served in the fist gulf war as well as Several deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.  I was a Beh Sci Spc in the Army and I can tell you that a shooting on an Army base is rare.  The last was at Ft Lewis in Washington.  The MPs are trained well for domestic as well as combat violence.

Here are some local stations in Killeen area of Ft Hood

KWTX

AP - Army: 7 dead in dual attacks at Fort Hood, Texas

News channel 25

President Obama will adress the nation at 5 pm East 2 pm west - check your local channels

...it may not be terrorism in the big picture but it certainly qualifies as "domestic terrorism"...Pray for all the families that have been effecterd by this event...

KCEN-TV - more reports of shooting in residential area on post

I just left Ft Jackson in SC.  There is a 100% ID check for all who wish to get on post.  If you do not have a Post sticker and military ID you have to pull over and get a pass.  For a pass you must give location and time you will be on post.  based on this info, the assailant would have been a person holding a car sticker and military ID or got a pass.  If that is the case, theree is a record of the person who got a pass.  If it is a military member or retiree there are 10s of thousands of persons who could have gotten on post.  There is a person on Fox news that is saying that she got on post by wearing military garb,  That is not true as no matter the outfit one has to present military ID and a label on the vehicle before entry or a pass can be given to a person who has a reason to be on post and time and place must be given.  That protocal is for ever army post in the USA

KCEN-TV/AP - Dead now stands at nine (9).

One gunman is in custody. A news conference will take place in a few minutes.  See Fox news, CNBC, CNN, and CTV in Canada

News conference to begin momentarily (21:50 GMT)

Now the wires are saying 12 dead.  I will check for confirmation.  AP and Reuters say 7, 12 respectively 

Fort Hood news conference -

Total of 12 dead and 34 wounded.  One shooter was killed, two other suspects arrested.  All suspects are soldiers.

News conference right now on CNN, MSNBC, fox, and CTV in Canada 1653 Hours ET

President Obama - "horrific outburst of violence" 

My immediate thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and the families of those who have fallen and those who are at Fort Hood.

Bad enough to lose them serving in combat. "It is horrifying that they should come under fire on an army base here at home".

Keep men and women at Fort Hood in your thoughts and prayers.

Will get answers to this horrific incident - "no greater responsibility for me" to make sure service people are safe

"We will stay on this"

Local hospital treating wounded is calling for blood donors

The Red Cross also has a facility for a safe and well list so that people can let their loved ones know they are ok.