Apartment of suspect in U.S. Army base shooting raided, motive behind shooting under investigation
Apartment of suspect in U.S. Army base shooting raided, motive behind shooting under investigation
10:48, November 07, 2009 
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The apartment of the suspect in Thursday's deadly shootings at Fort Hood Army base, Texas, was raided early Friday morning by authorities who were searching for clues to determine what caused the shootings, a police spokeswoman said.
Police and FBI agents searched the apartment of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the killings, in the nearby town of Killeen to determine what is the motive behind the shooting rampage, which military experts called the worst mass shooting at an American military base, said Carol Smith, a Killeen police spokeswoman.
Death toll reached 13, including one civilian and 12 soldiers, John Rossi, deputy commanding general at Fort Hood, told a news conference Friday morning.
Of the 30 people wounded in the shooting, 28 are hospitalized and in stable condition. Hasan, who was shot multiple times, was in stable condition and taken into custody.
Authorities were also investigating whether any of the killed or wounded were struck accidentally by someone trying to shoot the gunman, Rossi said.
Among those killed was 21-year-old Michael Pearson, from Illinois, his family told the Chicago Tribune. Pearson, who had worked for a furniture company, joined the Army a year ago, his mother said.
Details about the alleged shooter began to emerge and investigation went underway.
Hasan, a military psychiatrist, is a graduate of Virginia Tech. He had worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center before being transferred to the Texas base in July.
A federal official said Hasan is a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent. Military documents show the 39-year-old was born in Virginia and has never deployed outside the U.S. Media reports said Hasan was going to be dispatched to Iraq or Afghanistan and he "was disturbed" about his overseas deployment.
Hasan was wearing his uniform when he opened fire, said Steven Braverman, hospital commander at Fort Hood.
An owner of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Fort Hood said Hasan visited the store most mornings, including the morning of the shootings. Surveillance video from the store obtained by CNN shows a man, who according to the store owner is Hasan, at the cashier's counter at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday carrying a beverage and dressed in traditional Arab garb.
"He looked normal, came in, had his hash browns and coffee as you see in the surveillance video," the owner told CNN.
Several hours later, Hasan opened fire at the base in a building called the soldiers readiness center, one of the last stops before soldiers deploy and one of the first places soldiers go upon returning to the U.S..
Source: Xinhua
Police and FBI agents searched the apartment of Nidal Malik Hasan, the sole suspect in the killings, in the nearby town of Killeen to determine what is the motive behind the shooting rampage, which military experts called the worst mass shooting at an American military base, said Carol Smith, a Killeen police spokeswoman.
Death toll reached 13, including one civilian and 12 soldiers, John Rossi, deputy commanding general at Fort Hood, told a news conference Friday morning.
Of the 30 people wounded in the shooting, 28 are hospitalized and in stable condition. Hasan, who was shot multiple times, was in stable condition and taken into custody.
Authorities were also investigating whether any of the killed or wounded were struck accidentally by someone trying to shoot the gunman, Rossi said.
Among those killed was 21-year-old Michael Pearson, from Illinois, his family told the Chicago Tribune. Pearson, who had worked for a furniture company, joined the Army a year ago, his mother said.
Details about the alleged shooter began to emerge and investigation went underway.
Hasan, a military psychiatrist, is a graduate of Virginia Tech. He had worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center before being transferred to the Texas base in July.
A federal official said Hasan is a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent. Military documents show the 39-year-old was born in Virginia and has never deployed outside the U.S. Media reports said Hasan was going to be dispatched to Iraq or Afghanistan and he "was disturbed" about his overseas deployment.
Hasan was wearing his uniform when he opened fire, said Steven Braverman, hospital commander at Fort Hood.
An owner of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Fort Hood said Hasan visited the store most mornings, including the morning of the shootings. Surveillance video from the store obtained by CNN shows a man, who according to the store owner is Hasan, at the cashier's counter at about 6:20 a.m. Thursday carrying a beverage and dressed in traditional Arab garb.
"He looked normal, came in, had his hash browns and coffee as you see in the surveillance video," the owner told CNN.
Several hours later, Hasan opened fire at the base in a building called the soldiers readiness center, one of the last stops before soldiers deploy and one of the first places soldiers go upon returning to the U.S..
Source: Xinhua
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