Fort Hood Shooting -- News Updates April 3, 2014

'He Was Not A Wounded Warrior': Fort Hood Shooter Was Not Injured In Action But WAS Mentally Ill, Says Army Chief After Massacre At Base Leaves Four Dead And 16 Injured -- Daily Mail

* Lt Gen. Mark A. Milley confirmed shots rang out at the Killeen, Texas, base at 4pm local time and that military police responded within 15 minutes
* Milley said the shooter, identified earlier as Ivan Lopez, 34, entered one building and fired shots at individuals then returned to a vehicle before entering a second building to fire more shots
* He turned his .45 caliber Smith & Wesson pistol on himself after a heroic female military police officer approached and engaged him, Milley said
* Milley confirmed the married shooter had served in Iraq for four months in 2011, and was being treated for depression and anxiety
* Specialist Lopez previously served in Puerto Rico Army National Guard
* He was also in the process of being assessed for post traumatic stress disorder, though Milley insisted he had not yet been officially diagnosed

A soldier who shot dead three people and injured 16 others before turning the gun on himself at the Fort Hood military base was 'not a wounded warrior' but was being treated for mental illness, a U.S. Army chief has said.

The shooter, identified as Specialist Ivan Lopez, opened fire with a pistol at a medical building at 4pm on Wednesday at the base where 13 people were killed in a massacre in 2009.

The 34-year-old, who had suspected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), then drove to another part of the base and fired shots from the vehicle, said base commander Lt General Mark Milley.

He turned his weapon, a .45 caliber Smith & Wesson semi-automatic pistol, on himself after a heroic female military police officer pulled her gun and approached him around 15 minutes after the first shots were fired, Milley said.

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Fort Hood Shooting -- News Updates April 3, 2014

Gunman Kills 3 Fellow Soldiers at Fort Hood, Takes Own Life -- US Department of Defense
President Praises Swift Response to Fort Hood Shootings -- US Department of Defense
Readout of the President’s Conference Call on the Shooting at Fort Hood -- White House
Statement from Secretary of Defense Hagel on Fort Hood -- US Department of Defense

Fort Hood: Four Dead, 16 Hurt and a Female Cop Who Ended It All -- NBC
4 dead, 16 wounded in Fort Hood shooting -- Washington Post
US Army Fort Hood murder-suicide: Soldier kills three -- BBC
Shooting at US Army Base Kills 4 -- Voice of America
Another Fort Hood attack leaves 4 dead, 16 hurt -- Washington Times
Four dead, 16 wounded in new mass shooting at Fort Hood -- The Hill
Fort Hood shooting: four dead and 16 injured at Texas army base -- The Guardian
Fort Hood: gunman commits suicide after shooting spree -- The Telegraph
Soldier shoots several dead at US army base -- Al Jazeera
At a Glance: Details about Fort Hood gunman -- AP
Fort Hood shooter showed no ‘sign of any likely violence,’ Army secretary says -- Washington Post
Army says alleged shooter saw no combat in Iraq -- Washington Post/AP
Fort Hood gunman was being treated for mental illness -- FOX News
Fort Hood shooter ‘had a clean record’ -- Washington Post
Fort Hood Gunman Did Not See Combat in Iraq Tour, Officials Say -- NBC
Another Fort Hood shooting: Motive unclear, but 'jihad' ruled out -- Christian Science Monitor
US Military Probes Latest Fort Hood Shooting -- Voice of America
Fort Hood gunman was being treated for mental health issues -- Stars and Stripes
Fort Hood gunman sought mental health treatment -- AP
Focus turns to shooter's mental health -- The Hill
Wife of Fort Hood shooter Ivan Lopez was ‘hysterical’ the moment she learned husband was the gunman who killed three, wounded 16, before suicide: neighbor -- New York Daily News
Wife of Fort Hood Suspect Grilled By Cops All Night -- NBC
Military Scours Gunman’s Past After Killings at Fort Hood -- New York Times
Pentagon grapples with insider threats -- Washington Post
Fort Hood shooting comes less than 5 years after attack -- USA Today
Hasan shooting led to Pentagon review of base security -- USA Today
Fort Hood shooting repeat renews calls for ending gun restrictions on base -- FOX News
Pentagon grapples to understand how yet another insider threat went undeterred -- Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post
5 Things to Know About the Fort Hood Shooting -- Wall Street Journal
Another Shooting at Fort Hood: Four Blunt Points -- Bloomberg Businessweek
In pictures: US base shooting -- BBC
FACTBOX: Shootings at US Military Bases 2009-2014 -- RIA Novosti