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FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Nov 13, 2009 10:18 AM CST

Hasan Likely to Be Paralyzed: Lawyer

Accused Fort Hood shooter may never regain use of legs

(Newser) - Accused Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan may be paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer says. The Army major has no feeling in his legs, which doctors say could be permanent. He also has extreme pain in his hands. His lawyer tells CBS that though he was lucid during...

Images From
Fort Hood
Service

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Nov 10, 2009 3:34 PM CST

Images From Fort Hood Service

Emotional memorial service recognizes victims

(Newser) - Here are images from today's memorial service at Fort Hood for the 13 people killed in last week's shooting spree. "We knew these men and women as soldiers and caregivers," President Obama told the crowd. "You knew them as mothers and fathers; sons and daughters; sisters and...

Obama Salutes
Victims, One by One

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Nov 10, 2009 2:23 PM CST

Obama Salutes Victims, One by One

President speaks at memorial service at Fort Hood

(Newser) - President Obama spoke the names and told the stories today of the 13 people slain in the Fort Hood shooting rampage, honoring their memories even as he denounced the "twisted logic" that led to their deaths. "No faith justifies these murderous and craven acts; no just and loving...

Obama, First Lady
Meet Victims' Families

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Nov 10, 2009 1:34 PM CST

Obama, First Lady Meet Victims' Families

Fort Hood hosting memorial service for victims

(Newser) - Stepping for the first time into the role of national consoler, President Obama is honoring the 13 people slain in the Ft. Hood shooting rampage by remembering what they left behind, offering personal stories about the lives they touched and the service they provided to their country. The president and...

Hasan
Awake,
Talking

fORT HOOD SHOOTING

Nov 9, 2009 10:26 AM CST

Hasan Awake, Talking

Ft. Hood suspect has been off life support since Saturday

(Newser) - A US Army hospital spokesman says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, suspected in the deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is conscious and able to talk. The spokesman says Hasan remains in stable condition, and has been up and verbal since Saturday, when he came off a ventilator.

Months of Clues
Missed in Hasan
Rampage

Nov 9, 2009 4:51 AM CST

Months of Clues Missed in Hasan Rampage

Shrink grew increasingly agitated, but superiors didn't act

(Newser) - Signs that the Fort Hood gunman could snap emerged not just days before his deadly rampage, but months earlier, say witnesses. Major Nidal Malik Hasan bought a gun soon after he arrived at the base last summer, and grew increasingly agitated and vocal over years about his opposition to the...

Rattled Residents
Flood Local Churches

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Nov 8, 2009 3:42 PM CST

Rattled Residents Flood Local Churches

Some offer prayers for alleged shooter's family

(Newser) - Church attendance was up today in the area around Fort Hood, Texas, where at least one congregation heard a somewhat unexpected appeal. "Lord, we pray for Major Hasan‘s family, who find themselves in a position no one wants to be in—to try and explain the unexplainable,"...

Army Lists the 13 Victims

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Nov 7, 2009 5:06 PM CST

Army Lists the 13 Victims

They range in age from 19 to 62

(Newser) - The 13 people killed at Fort Hood ranged in age from 19 to 62 and came from all parts of the country. For more details, click on the source links above at right. The victims are:

Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, Woodbridge, Va.
Spec. Frederick Greene, 29, Mountain City, Tenn.
Michael

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Mosque Leader: 'There's Something Wrong With You'

Nov 7, 2009 3:16 PM CST

Mosque Leader: 'There's Something Wrong With You'

Hasan struggled with how to counsel soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan

(Newser) - The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shooting spree was so conflicted over what to tell fellow soldiers about fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that a local Islamic leader was deeply troubled by it. The co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen said Major Nidal Malik Hasan's persistent...

It's Not
Her First
Time as
'Hero'

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Nov 7, 2009 2:38 PM CST

It's Not Her First Time as 'Hero'

Munley saved a fellow officer while a cop in NC

(Newser) - Kimberly Munley is being hailed as a hero for bringing down the Fort Hood shooter while taking three bullets herself, and her former partner isn't a bit surprised. Shaun Appler, who worked with her years ago in North Carolina, tells the Austin American-Statesman that he began calling her "Mighty...

Orlando
Shooter's
Mom: 'I Am
So Sorry'

Nov 7, 2009 1:25 PM CST

Orlando Shooter's Mom: 'I Am So Sorry'

Suspect's lawyer calls him 'very, very mentally ill'

(Newser) - The lawyer of the man accused of killing one and wounding five during yesterday's shooting spree in Orlando says his client is "very, very mentally ill." He offered few details but said Jason Rodriguez's alleged shooting spree "looks like a classic stress overload" set off by a...

Fla. Shooter Was Broke,
Angry at Company

Nov 7, 2009 6:44 AM CST

Fla. Shooter Was Broke, Angry at Company

Engineer, now working at Subway, says firm 'left me to rot'

(Newser) - Jason Rodriguez, the Orlando engineer taken into custody after a shooting spree that left one former coworker dead and five wounded, told detectives he blamed the firm that fired him for recent trouble he had receiving unemployment benefits. As officers led him handcuffed into a police station, a reporter asked...

Hasan Felt Discriminated Against, Wanted Out of Army

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Nov 6, 2009 5:30 PM CST

Hasan Felt Discriminated Against, Wanted Out of Army

Suspect moved to San Antonio hospital

(Newser) - Nidal Malik Hasan considered himself a victim of anti-Muslim bias and had been trying for 6 months to quit the Army, his cousin says. "I think because he’s a Muslim he didn’t want to go to Afghanistan or Iraq, and he didn’t want to expose himself...

Pregnant Soldier
Among Victims

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Nov 6, 2009 3:03 PM CST

Pregnant Soldier Among Victims

Bases observe minute of silence 24 hours after shooting

(Newser) - One of the victims of the Fort Hood massacre was a pregnant 21-year-old set to start maternity leave in just 2 weeks. Francheska Velez of Chicago enlisted out of high school. "She loved the military, loved to serve," a friend told the Chicago Tribune . US military bases around...

Fla. Shooting Spree Suspect Arrested

UPDATED

Nov 6, 2009 1:42 PM CST

Fla. Shooting Spree Suspect Arrested

'Lone gunman' Jason Rodriguez found at his mother's Orlando home

(Newser) - Jason Rodriguez, the suspect in today's shooting spree at an office complex in downtown Orlando, Fla., is in police custody. During a manhunt in the area surrounded area following the shooting, which left one dead and five injured, a SWAT team located the suspect at his mother’s house. Rodriguez,...

1 Dead, 5 Injured in
Orlando Shooting Spree

updated

Nov 6, 2009 1:05 PM CST

1 Dead, 5 Injured in Orlando Shooting Spree

Police still hunting for the gunman

(Newser) - One person is dead and another five people have been shot after a gunman opened fire in an office complex in downtown Orlando, Fla., reports the Sentinel . Police, who initially reported more victims, are still looking for the suspect, identified as 40-year-old Jason Rodriguez. He is a former employee of...

Flags at Half-Staff Through
Veterans Day: Obama

FORT HOOD SHOOTING

Nov 6, 2009 11:55 AM CST

Flags at Half-Staff Through Veterans Day: Obama

President calls the move a 'modest tribute' to Fort Hood victims

(Newser) - President Obama today ordered that American flags at all federal properties be flown at half-staff until Veterans Day—next Wednesday—to honor the people killed at Fort Hood yesterday. The gesture is “a modest tribute to those who lost their lives even as others were preparing to risk their...

Blame 'Vicarious' PTSD

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Nov 6, 2009 10:03 AM CST

Blame 'Vicarious' PTSD

Trauma is infectious, Essig writes, and therapists can catch it

(Newser) - When Todd Essig learned the Fort Hood shooter “was an Army psychiatrist who treats post traumatic stress disorder, himself on the cusp of deployment, I thought, ‘I’m not surprised.’” Why? Because there is a documented transfer of trauma disorders from sufferers to caregivers, dubbed “...

Witnesses: Major Yelled 'Allahu Akbar' Before Firing

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Nov 6, 2009 9:01 AM CST

Witnesses: Major Yelled 'Allahu Akbar' Before Firing

Family says he is devout, not extremist

(Newser) - Witnesses to the Fort Hood rampage say gunman Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar"—Arabic for "God is Great"—as he opened fire. The Army hasn't confirmed the callout during the "calm and measured" shooting spree that killed 13. Hasan is a devout Muslim, but...

Gunman Identified as US Army Major

fort hood shooting

Nov 5, 2009 6:23 PM CST

Gunman Identified as US Army Major

Malik Nadal Hasan, about 40, was being sent to Iraq

(Newser) - The shooter in today's rampage at the Fort Hood Army base has been identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He is described as an Army psychiatrist, 39, who was to be sent to Iraq on Nov. 28, reports ABC . Hasan was reported killed after opening fire at a soldier processing...