Fort Hood Shooting (The Little Thread That Could)

[GeeWilakers]

BlueCollarJoe

Less Than Liz

PAL87

BlueCollarJoe

Disa Uniflora

According to the CO at Fort Hood, all the deaths took place at the soldier readiness center in the fort, where soldiers receive final medical check-ups and treatments before deployment. It seems unlikely that this is related to a visiting congressman.

Agreed. And it sounds, due to the name of the shooter, that this may be a pre-launch strike. I want some more info on the other shitbags involved.

hmmmm?

"Guy with a funny name starting starting s**t could possibly mean that more guys with funny names are planning bigger s**t," I think.

http://newstalkradiowhio.com/localnews/2009/11/breaking-news-army-major-prima.html

Upset about his pending deployment?

What ever happend to the good ol' days of pretending to shot yourself in the foot while drunk.

[Less Than Liz]

BlueCollarJoe

Upset about his pending deployment?

Oh, that kind of pre-launch. Yeah, I agree. His pending deployment plus the facilities he targeted suggests that it has something to do with the launch. The specific qualms or concerns, I don't know.

[BlueCollarJoe]

Less Than Liz

Unconfirmed: Major Hasan was a recent convert to Islam. Also, a mental health professional? Go figure.

Oh brother. This is going to get messy, I think. Mental health professional? As in professional patient or doctor?

[Disa Uniflora]

BlueCollarJoe

Less Than Liz

Unconfirmed: Major Hasan was a recent convert to Islam. Also, a mental health professional? Go figure.

Oh brother. This is going to get messy, I think. Mental health professional? As in professional patient or doctor?

As in army psychologist/psychiatrist.

[Lord Cameron]

I'm glad this happen in a military base instead of a school or walmart, the death toll would have probably been in the 100s

[BlueCollarJoe]

PAL87

BlueCollarJoe

PAL87

BlueCollarJoe

Disa Uniflora

According to the CO at Fort Hood, all the deaths took place at the soldier readiness center in the fort, where soldiers receive final medical check-ups and treatments before deployment. It seems unlikely that this is related to a visiting congressman.

Agreed. And it sounds, due to the name of the shooter, that this may be a pre-launch strike. I want some more info on the other shitbags involved.

hmmmm?

Major Malik Nadal Hasan

i know the name, but what's in a name that would automaticly give insight into the motives? huh joe?

Potential terrorist strike is why I said that, PAL. I'd wager he changed his name, as a recent convert.

[Disa Uniflora]

Oh, now those two suspects have been released. There you go.

[Boo-Boo-Ah-Chu]

Disa Uniflora

Oh, now those two suspects have been released. There you go.

So they were innocent?

[Disa Uniflora]

Raptor Mechanic

Disa Uniflora

Oh, now those two suspects have been released. There you go.

So they were innocent?

I would assume so, with the base under lockdown I don't think there's any way they'd release those two if there was some question of the innocence.

[GeeWilakers]

Raptor Mechanic

Disa Uniflora

Oh, now those two suspects have been released. There you go.

So they were innocent?

Nah we just let them go for the lulz...

[BlueCollarJoe]

Pocky time. I smell bullshit. 12 dead, 31 injured? That is a minimum of 43 shots that hit. Stated they estimated he shot 52 rounds on a few reports. Now...I'll give him a few just because. But first of all, we're talking about a shrink.
He's that good a shot, that he can hit moving targets while on the move with a pair of handguns? Ambidextrous to boot?
I'm sorry. The math just doesn't ******** add up. That's an 82% accuracy rate with handguns in a hostile environment.
This is a phenomenal accuracy rate under fire. Especially for hand guns.
I'm adding two plus two, but the answer I'm hearing on the idiot box isn't four.

[Disa Uniflora]

BlueCollarJoe

Pocky time. I smell bullshit. 12 dead, 31 injured? That is a minimum of 43 shots that hit. Stated they estimated he shot 52 rounds on a few reports. Now...I'll give him a few just because. But first of all, we're talking about a shrink.
He's that good a shot, that he can hit moving targets while on the move with a pair of handguns? Ambidextrous to boot?
I'm sorry. The math just doesn't ******** add up. That's an 82% accuracy rate with handguns in a hostile environment.
This is a phenomenal accuracy rate under fire. Especially for hand guns.
I'm adding two plus two, but the answer I'm hearing on the idiot box isn't four.

I think it's a bit early for the conspiracy questions. We don't even have a clear idea as to his motivations, where these people were shot, whether he burst in shooting or walked in calmly, etc.

There's a lot of surface information we don't know. I expect we'll have to wait a bit before we can really dig into the details.

[Boo-Boo-Ah-Chu]

GeeWilakers

Raptor Mechanic

Disa Uniflora

Oh, now those two suspects have been released. There you go.

So they were innocent?

Nah we just let them go for the lulz...

Good. wink

[Lord Cameron]

BlueCollarJoe

Pocky time. I smell bullshit. 12 dead, 31 injured? That is a minimum of 43 shots that hit. Stated they estimated he shot 52 rounds on a few reports. Now...I'll give him a few just because. But first of all, we're talking about a shrink.
He's that good a shot, that he can hit moving targets while on the move with a pair of handguns? Ambidextrous to boot?
I'm sorry. The math just doesn't ******** add up. That's an 82% accuracy rate with handguns in a hostile environment.
This is a phenomenal accuracy rate under fire. Especially for hand guns.
I'm adding two plus two, but the answer I'm hearing on the idiot box isn't four.

That what I said in the other thread,

12 kills with duelies in hostile is amazing... not unexpected for a Major, but still....

[BlueCollarJoe]

Disa Uniflora

BlueCollarJoe

Pocky time. I smell bullshit. 12 dead, 31 injured? That is a minimum of 43 shots that hit. Stated they estimated he shot 52 rounds on a few reports. Now...I'll give him a few just because. But first of all, we're talking about a shrink.
He's that good a shot, that he can hit moving targets while on the move with a pair of handguns? Ambidextrous to boot?
I'm sorry. The math just doesn't ******** add up. That's an 82% accuracy rate with handguns in a hostile environment.
This is a phenomenal accuracy rate under fire. Especially for hand guns.
I'm adding two plus two, but the answer I'm hearing on the idiot box isn't four.

I think it's a bit early for the conspiracy questions. We don't even have a clear idea as to his motivations, where these people were shot, whether he burst in shooting or walked in calmly, etc.

There's a lot of surface information we don't know. I expect we'll have to wait a bit before we can really dig into the details.

As stated previously by another poster, if this was a WalMart or mall? I'd accept that. This is a military installation with trained personnel every time you turn around and blink. If he was in an area heavy with civvies, I'd see no reason not to accept it.
But this is just odd with what I am hearing right now.
I suspect at least one other shooter, and with a long gun.