Surviving Fort Hood shooting suspect arrested at golf course, officer says
(CNN) — A senior officer who was playing golf Thursday near Fort Hood, Texas, told CNN he witnessed the arrest of one of the two surviving suspects of the shooting at the Army installation.
Shortly after the shooting, the officer said, military police told him to clear the course and he saw other MPs surround the building that held the golf carts, he said.
The senior officer said he ducked into a nearby house for cover as 30 to 40 cars carrying MPs approached.
He said he saw a soldier in battle-dress uniform, his hands in the air. The MPs ordered him to lie on the ground and open his uniform, presumably to ensure he was not carrying explosives, the senior officer said.
He said an MP told him that authorities considered the man to be a suspect in the shootings after having overheard the man say he was with the shooter.
The man was surrounded for 25 to 30 minutes, until a convoy of vehicles arrived, led by a Ford Crown Victoria and carrying men in suits, and he was taken away, the senior officer said.
The golf course is about 2.5 miles from Fort Hood, the officer told CNN.
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A second gunman is in custody after a shooting at the Army’s Fort Hood in Texas in which at least seven people were killed and 12 wounded, reports KCEN-TV of Waco. The report comes about two hours after a first suspect was captured, shortly after gunfire broke out.
Authorities say the gunmen were dressed in fatigues, though it’s not confirmed whether they are militarypersonnel. It’s also not known if the victims were military personnel or civilians.
The incident reportedly began at Fort Hood’s theater and then moved to the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, Killeen City Public Information Officer Hillary Shine told Fox News. A graduation ceremony was scheduled to take place Thursday.
Three gunmen kill 12 at Fort Hood
The U. S. Army now confirms at least 12 people are dead, another 31 wounded in a mass shooting at the massive fort hood army base near Waco, Texas.
General Bob Cone confirms one gunman is dead and was himself, in the army, as are two other suspects in custody.
“Shooter was killed…. two additional soldiers apprehended,” he said.
An army spokesman at the pentagon says the shootings began at a personnel and medical processing center at Fort Hood.
“It’s a terrible tragedy, it’s stunning,” said Cone.
Neither the identities of the two soldiers in custody nor those of the victims have been released yet.
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Army: Fort Hood shooting rampage suspect is alive
Authorities said immediately after the shootings that they had killed the suspected shooter, but later in the evening they recanted and said that he was alive and in stable condition at a hospital, watched by a guard. His death is not imminent,” said Lt. Gen. Bob Cone at Fort Hood. He offered little explanation for the mistake, other than to say there was confusion at the hospital.
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