Month: November 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Law enforcement officials say a 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting rampage was purchased legally at a Texas gun store.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ A training director at Walter Reed Medical Center says the man suspected of a shooting rampage that left 12 dead at Fort Hood, Texas, had some “difficulties” while he was an intern. [Read More…]

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) _ The Virginia family of suspected Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan says they are shocked and saddened by the events in Texas. In a statement, Nader Hasan says his cousin, [Read More…]

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) _ Army investigators have released two soldiers from custody after clearing them of suspicion in a deadly rampage that left 12 dead and 31 wounded. But Fort Hood spokesman Christopher Haug [Read More…]

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) _ About 2,600 Killeen public school students who attend classes on Fort Hood remained on lockdown for more than five hours after Thursday’s mass shooting. Most of the students, who were [Read More…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The Texas Rangers will assist the military Criminal Investigations Division and FBI with the investigation into the Thursday shootings at Fort Hood. In a statement Thursday from Gov. Rick Perry’s office, [Read More…]

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GALVESTON, Texas (AP) _ A man charged in the 2007 death of his stepdaughter did not testify before the defense rested in his Galveston capital murder trial. Closing arguments were scheduled Friday in the trial [Read More…]

ELDORADO, Texas (AP) _ Jurors in the first criminal trial following the raid of a polygamist group’s Texas ranch have convicted a member of sexual assault of a child. Raymond Jessop was convicted Thursday of [Read More…]