US army base shooting rampage claims 13 lives
Web posted at: 11/7/2009 5:8:30
Source ::: Agencies
KILLEEN, Texas: Investigators yesterday searched for the motive behind a mass shooting at a sprawling US army base in Texas, in which an army psychiatrist trained to treat war wounded is suspected of killing 13 people.
A spokesman at the base said the suspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, born in the United States of immigrant parents, had been shot four times by security police and was unconscious but in stable condition.
A woman died overnight from her wounds, raising the toll from incident to 13 dead and 30 wounded, said Colonel John Rossi, a spokesman at Fort Hood. The Army refused to discuss motives for the shooting while the investigation is under way. “We’re not going to speculate on motives,” Rossi said.
Two killed in Florida shooting
Florida: Two people were killed and six hurt yesterday in the second mass shooting in the United States in as many days, with police still hunting the gunman in Orlando, Florida, emergency officials said. Panicked workers reportedly barricaded themselves into their offices at the Gateway Center in central Orlando as SWAT teams combed through the 16-story building trying to track down suspected shooter 40-year-old Jason Rodriguez.
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