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UPDATE 10:50 p.m. EST: In a press conference at Fort Hood, Lt. Gen. Mark A.
Milley said that the shooter was on medication for psychiatric issues while
being treated for depression and anxiety.
Milley said all of the victims were military: three dead in addition to the
shooter, and 16 injured. The commander wouldn't confirm the shooter as
Lopez, saying next of kin had not been notified, but said the shooter had
served four months in Iraq in 2011 and "self-reported" a traumatic brain
injury though was not wounded in combat. He was currently being assessed for
post-traumatic stress disorder but was "not yet diagnosed" and "was not in
the process of being transitioned out of the military."
The shooter used a Smith and Wesson .45 that was "purchased recently in the
local area." Milley said the shooter began shooting in one building, got in
a vehicle and kept firing while driving, then went to another building to
continue shooting. He was confronted in a parking lot by a female officer
and shot himself in the head.
"I don't think soldiers should have concealed weapons on base," Milley said,
arguing that the base has law enforcement that reacted "very rapidly."
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