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Fort Hood Death Toll Hits 13

SWAT teams, FBI scour suspect's home

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(Newser) – The death toll from yesterday's shootings at Fort Hood hit 13 early this morning after a woman died of her injuries, a military spokeswoman says. A SWAT team and FBI agents raided the Killeen, Texas, home of suspected shooter Nidal Malik Hasan overnight in an effort to learn what could have made the psychiatrist open fire on his fellow soldiers, CNN reports.

Hasan, a US citizen of Jordanian descent, is under guard at a Texas hospital. Military officials say the shooting rampage could have been even worse if Hasan, believed to have opened fire with several handguns, had made it to a graduation ceremony happening just 50 yards away. "Thanks to the quick reaction of several soldiers, they were able to close off the doors to that auditorium where there were some 600 people inside," a spokesman said.

This undated image taken from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Fall 2007 newsletter shows Nidal Malik Hasan.
This undated image taken from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Fall 2007 newsletter shows Nidal Malik Hasan.   (AP Photo/ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)
Officers from the Killeen Police Department wait for the Fort Hood's Explosive Ordnance Device team to arrive at the apartment of Maj Nadal Malik Hasan.
Officers from the Killeen Police Department wait for the Fort Hood's Explosive Ordnance Device team to arrive at the apartment of Maj Nadal Malik Hasan.   (AP Photo/David Morris, Killeen Daily Herald)
Federal agents search the apartment of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in Killeen, Texas early this morning.
Federal agents search the apartment of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in Killeen, Texas early this morning.   (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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riffran
Nov 6, 09 6:23 AM CST
shame it wasn't him that died....somebody please slip a dose of straight K+ in his IV...it would burn like hell before it stopped his heart Reply
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cochiserocks
Nov 6, 09 8:00 AM CST
Shoot him up with truth serum first and find out WTF was actually behind it all. If it's part of a bigger plan. If he was acting alone. If he just snapped at the thought of seeing active duty? WTF - This kind of pointless tragedy always leaves so many unanswered questions when the shooters go down - so I'm glad this guy is semi-alive - At least we should get to know what this is about- instead of having to take the word of contradictory 'experts' on rolling news.
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jamerican
Nov 6, 09 7:48 AM CST
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kirby
Nov 6, 09 8:04 AM CST
It could have been anyone...
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Fondue
Nov 6, 09 8:12 AM CST
I'm keeping an eye on jamerican
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