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Published: Thu, 5 Nov 2009
Description: Fort Hood has been scene of a number of shootings in recent years
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" News conference happen as -- mentioned earlier Fort Hood is the largest military post of its kind in the nation. Some 71000. People live and or work clear when it's at its capacity though a lot of people are now. Deployed overseas but there's a a large civilian community of course that it works there and supports that. Outstanding facility and quite frankly have been a number of shootings in recent years the fox sports chief correspondent Jonathan what's been looking into that. He's alive with -- we await that news conference Johnson."
" Check in just the past few months there have been shooting incidents -- on all connected to full load although nothing is devastating is today's. But it -- a young soldier was charged with murder after a shooting at a party near the army post. In July again at a party this time on the grounds of the post itself facilities CNN Armando back a shot a colleague in that case. Both men were members of the first cavalry division and had recently returned from Iraq. In September 200821. Year old specialist -- one shot dead his lieutenant Robert Fletcher before killing himself. In July 2004 police described the shooting deaths of two Fort Hood soldiers as a murder suicide Sargent Elizabeth Edwards. And her estranged husband Sargent William Edwards had both served with the fourth infantry division in Iraq. And of course -- there have been incidents also in the war zone of American soldiers attacking their colleagues at the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003. Sergeant -- act. Akbar of the 101. -- Mauled three grenades into attended his military campaign to wait. Killing one that fellow soldier. Kind of cool -- just to return to Fort Hood as such a large -- to send many men and women to the war zone and suffered more than its share of losses. As our own military analyst major general Bob scales said today it is heartbreaking to think that today's victims. May have been soldiers who have been on the -- of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan had come home safely. Only to be gunned down what they thought was the safety not just of US soil but of a US army post kept. Jonathan -- in the newsroom thank you Jonathan."
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