Fort Hood Shooting

The church program pictured an empty road being enveloped by the dark clouds of a sweeping thunderstorm, and the service's lesson was from Isaiah 35:4, "Be strong, fear not." The preacher implored those gathered on Sunday that they would find hope in God, but also acknowledged the question on everyone's mind: Why Fort Hood - again?

After three mass shootings at military bases in the U.S. over the last five years, security experts say the sad truth is that there is probably no practical way of preventing members of the armed forces or civilian employees from carrying guns onto big installations like the Army's Fort Hood in Texas.

The U.S. soldier who gunned down three other military men before killing himself at the Ford Hood base had an argument with colleagues in his unit before opening fire, and investigators believe his mental condition was not the "direct precipitating factor" in the shooting, authorities said on Friday.

The soldier suspected of shooting dead three people before killing himself at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas was identified as Ivan Lopez, a man battling mental illness when he went on a rampage, the base commander said on Thursday.

Investigators delved into the background on Thursday of a US soldier who had been treated for mental illness before he killed three people and himself a day earlier at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, where another deadly rampage took place in 2009, military officials said.

The latest shooting at Fort Hood is throwing a spotlight on the U.S. military's so-far frustrated efforts to secure its bases from potential shooters, who increasingly appear to see the facilities as attractive targets.

Four people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the commander of the US base said.

Four were killed and 14 injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas on Wednesday.

One person was killed and 14 wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at the Fort Hood US military base, scene of a deadly 2009 rampage, officials said.

The mother of Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis apologized to the victims today, and like his friends and colleagues, she too, was unable to offer any clues on his motive for the shooting.

A shooting rampage in the heart of a U.S. Navy complex in Washington left 13 people dead on Monday. One shooter was killed, but police were looking for one other possible gunman wearing a military-style uniform.

A military court on Wednesday sentenced Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, giving the U.S. Army psychiatrist a path to the martyrdom he seemed to want in the attack on unarmed fellow soldiers.

An American officer who killed 13 fellow soldiers in a rampage on a military base was found guilty of pre-mediated murder today and now faces a possible death sentence.

A US Army psychiatrist who admitted shooting dozens of soldiers at a Texas base wants the death penalty, according to his standby defense lawyers, who refuse to help him die and want the judge to reduce their role in his court-martial.

The US Army psychiatrist who faces the death penalty for the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood has told jurors that "the evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter."

The church program pictured an empty road being enveloped by the dark clouds of a sweeping thunderstorm, and the service's lesson was from Isaiah 35:4, "Be strong, fear not." The preacher implored those gathered on Sunday that they would find hope in God, but also acknowledged the question on everyone's mind: Why Fort Hood - again?

After three mass shootings at military bases in the U.S. over the last five years, security experts say the sad truth is that there is probably no practical way of preventing members of the armed forces or civilian employees from carrying guns onto big installations like the Army's Fort Hood in Texas.

The U.S. soldier who gunned down three other military men before killing himself at the Ford Hood base had an argument with colleagues in his unit before opening fire, and investigators believe his mental condition was not the "direct precipitating factor" in the shooting, authorities said on Friday.

The soldier suspected of shooting dead three people before killing himself at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas was identified as Ivan Lopez, a man battling mental illness when he went on a rampage, the base commander said on Thursday.

Investigators delved into the background on Thursday of a US soldier who had been treated for mental illness before he killed three people and himself a day earlier at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, where another deadly rampage took place in 2009, military officials said.

The latest shooting at Fort Hood is throwing a spotlight on the U.S. military's so-far frustrated efforts to secure its bases from potential shooters, who increasingly appear to see the facilities as attractive targets.

Four people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the commander of the US base said.

Four were killed and 14 injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas on Wednesday.

One person was killed and 14 wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at the Fort Hood US military base, scene of a deadly 2009 rampage, officials said.

The mother of Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis apologized to the victims today, and like his friends and colleagues, she too, was unable to offer any clues on his motive for the shooting.

A shooting rampage in the heart of a U.S. Navy complex in Washington left 13 people dead on Monday. One shooter was killed, but police were looking for one other possible gunman wearing a military-style uniform.

A military court on Wednesday sentenced Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, giving the U.S. Army psychiatrist a path to the martyrdom he seemed to want in the attack on unarmed fellow soldiers.

An American officer who killed 13 fellow soldiers in a rampage on a military base was found guilty of pre-mediated murder today and now faces a possible death sentence.

A US Army psychiatrist who admitted shooting dozens of soldiers at a Texas base wants the death penalty, according to his standby defense lawyers, who refuse to help him die and want the judge to reduce their role in his court-martial.

The US Army psychiatrist who faces the death penalty for the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood has told jurors that "the evidence will clearly show that I am the shooter."