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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Attacker Fort Hood engaged ' tig ' , Ivan Lopez suffered post-traumatic stress disorder

 Attacker Fort Hood engaged ' tig ' , Ivan Lopez suffered post-traumatic stress disorder

The U.S. military said there was a "strong possibility " of a gunman who killed three people at a military base in Texas involved in the dispute before the shooting .
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley officially identified the attacker was a soldier Ivan Lopez , 34, who then shot himself ..

" There might be a verbal argument with another soldier , or more than one , " Gen. Milley said .

" And there is a strong possibility that the incident led to the shooting , although we do not have certainty about it , but we have a strong indication . "

The investigation will also find out if there are events that trigger the click attack on the U.S. military base .
He told reporters " there is strong evidence " that Lopez , who came from Puerto Rico , has a psychological condition that is not stable .

Military officials said Lopez had served in Iraq and according to medical evidence , was undergoing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder .

Sixteen other people were injured in the attack . Three of them are in critical condition . The shooting was shocking military officials and politicians in the U.S. .

Gen. Milley confirmed the gun used in the attack was obtained from Guns Galore in Killeen close . At the same store , the perpetrators of the attack on Fort Hood in 2009 to buy weapons .

Fort Hood shootings have occurred in 2009 , killing 13 soldiers and injured 32 people .

Major Nidal Hasan attackers were sentenced to death in September . One other soldier , Naser Jason Abdo was sentenced to life , because it will blow up a restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops at 2011.BBC

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