BREAKING NEWS!!! There Has Been Mass Shootings At Fort Hood U.S. Army Post In Texas; 7 Dead, 20 Wounded; 3 Possible Gunman UPDATE: 12 Dead 31 Wounded

Local News 8 Austin Texas
7 dead, 20 wounded in mass shooting at Fort Hood
written by Staff
Thursday November 5, 2009 at 12:51pm pst

A mass shooting at Fort Hood Thursday has resulted in seven deaths and as many as 20 wounded.

A City of Killeen spokesperson has confirmed three shooters were involved, with one in custody, one surrounded by SWAT teams and the third at-large.

Officials at Fort Hood confirmed that more than one shooter fired shots into the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center and Howze Theater on Fort Hood.

Fort Hood did not confirm information about the two soldiers not in custody or the exact number of fatalities or wounded, but said emergency personnel responded to the scene and evacuated several wounded.

A spokeswoman with Scott & White health center confirmed that the hospital is receiving patients from Fort Hood who have gunshot wounds.

News reports indicated the attack could have been a terrorist attack, however, NBC's Pete Williams reported a federal official has said early indications suggest that the incident involved "all military, both shooters and victims."

The Fort Hood post is on lockdown, officials said. Multiple news sources said sirens are sounding to let everyone know to remain indoors.

There are nine schools on the base, but all are confirmed safe.

All Temple Independent School District schools have been put on soft lockdown, authorities said.

Fort hood officials are in the process of accounting for everyone on the base.

The mass shooting is not the first to plague the Killeen-Fort Hood area.

Up until the Virginia Tech Massacre of April 2007, the Luby’s Cafeteria Massacre in Killeen marked the most deadly shooting rampage in U.S. history.

On Oct. 16, 1991, George Jo Hennard drove his pick-up truck into a Luby’s Cafeteria and then shot and killed 23 people, wounding another 20. He then committed suicide by shooting himself.

All 23 victims were from Central Texas.

In response to the massacre, the Texas Legislature passed a “shall-issue” gun law in 1995 which required that all qualifying applicants be issued a concealed handgun license, removing the personal discretion of the issuing authority to deny such licenses.