# Multiple Shootings At Fort Hood **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472 "2009-11-05T21:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/1 "2009-11-05T21:09:31Z")
[Bad scene](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting;_ylt=Ah9GpIYAnqn_xkQfmlIrT4AXIr0F;_ylu=X3oDMTFiZjh1aDV2BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9icmVha2luZ19uZXdzBHNsawNicmVha2luZ25ld3M-)…seven dead, 20 wounded, possibly multiple gunmen still on the loose. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/2 "2009-11-05T21:29:05Z")
Oh. “Bad scene” really doesn’t cover it. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/3 "2009-11-05T21:29:22Z")
9 dead, 30 wounded per CNN just now. One gunman shot and apprehended, one cornered in a building. The shooters were wearing military uniforms, but it is not certain that they are military personnel. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/4 "2009-11-05T21:29:38Z")
I just woke up from my nap. Awful news; I hope they can tell us what is happening. Prayer is called for. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/5 "2009-11-05T21:31:14Z")
Trying to load CNN live feed, Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/6 "2009-11-05T21:36:11Z")
I just heard on MSNBC that there is still more shooting happening in a soldier’s residence. Jeeeez… ---
**Author:** ![Livardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Livardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Livardo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/7 "2009-11-05T21:39:13Z")
So shooters are still on the loose? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/8 "2009-11-05T21:39:49Z")
> [@Livardo](#): > > So shooters are still on the loose? At least one. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/9 "2009-11-05T21:41:18Z")
Crap. And the Base Commander was working so hard on stress relief for his men. ☹ My prayers go out to all involved. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/10 "2009-11-05T21:43:36Z")
I wonder if this happening on Nov. 5th is significant or just a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/11 "2009-11-05T21:49:04Z")
12 dead, plus one shooter per CNN. Rumors of a third shooter, unconfirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/12 "2009-11-05T21:52:53Z")
Crazy and sad. My first inclination was that someone just snapped, but there must have been some amount of planning here. > [@omgzebras](#): > > I wonder if this happening on Nov. 5th is significant or just a coincidence. What’s the date? Guy Fawkes Day? ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/13 "2009-11-05T21:55:23Z")
CNN is also reporting that 31 people have been wounded. ETA: Off the CNN twitter page: 2 other suspects are in custody at Fort Hood. Suspects and gunman were soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/14 "2009-11-05T21:57:41Z")
According to the press conference I just saw, 12 dead, 31 wounded. One shooter is dead, and two other suspects are in custody. All shooters are US soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/15 "2009-11-05T22:32:37Z")
One lone nut is comprehensible. Three US soldiers acting in concert is pretty weird and disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/16 "2009-11-05T22:38:49Z")
One of the soldiers apparently has an Arab name (Malik Hassan). That’s too bad. If these guys are all Muslims, that’s going to cause a lot of paranoid, Islamophobic backlash. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/17 "2009-11-05T22:41:35Z")
I was searching Twitter for an update and ran across this tweet: “Woww dude who killed everyone in fort hood is Malik Nadal Hasan. Fuckin muslims. Dirty mothafuckers. Go fuck a boat u fuckin muslims.” I’m definitely hoping that the news websites don’t open up their comment sections for any related stores. He was a major…what does that mean? Experience, etc.? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/18 "2009-11-05T23:03:03Z")
The possibility does exist, however unpleasant it may be, that this was a planned act of terrorism, and that he has a Muslim name is not altogether unimportant. Let’s wait and see. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/19 "2009-11-05T23:04:18Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Three US soldiers acting in concert is pretty weird and disturbing. It’s terrorism, plain and simple. Doesn’t matter which euphemism the media uses, or whether the nutjobs use a handgun or a car bomb – it’s terrorism. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > If these guys are all Muslims, that’s going to cause a lot of paranoid, Islamophobic backlash. Hardly irrelevant, IMHO. If it can be established that the shooter(s) motive was religious, that would definitely raise the question of whether or not it’s appropriate to enlist Muslims into the armed forces during what’s basically a Holy War against Islam. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472/20 "2009-11-05T23:04:57Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > It’s terrorism, plain and simple. Doesn’t matter which euphemism the media uses, or whether the nutjobs use a handgun or a car bomb – it’s terrorism. > Hardly irrelevant, IMHO. If it can be established that the shooter(s) motive was religious, that would definitely raise the question of whether or not it’s appropriate to enlist Muslims into the armed forces during what’s basically a Holy War against Islam. This entire post reeks of insanity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-shootings-at-fort-hood/516472.md?page=2)