Mass shooting took place at Fort Hood , the U.S. Army base ( U.S. ) in the state of Texas , on Wednesday . Four people were killed - including the suspect, and at least 12 people were injured , according to officials .
This incident became the third time the shooting occurred at the U.S. military base in the last seven months . In 2009 , mass shootings also occurred at Fort Hood , killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 others .
In a press release , said the Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services received the initial reports that the shooting suspect was killed in the attack . However, this report is confirmed. A U.S. Defense Department official said the victim injury rate is unknown ..
According to sources involved in the investigation , officials have identified the suspect as Ivan Lopez , an active soldier who worked as a truck driver . The shooting occurred in the area of storage and repair of vehicles at Fort Hood , said apparatus .
Officials said the investigation and evidence collection is still ongoing , so the motive of the perpetrator is not yet clear .
Mass shooting incidents have also occurred in 2009 at Fort Hood , the base in the city of Killeen , Texas . At that time , the culprit was U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan . He is a U.S. citizen born Muslims who work at the base as a psychiatrist .
According to his testimony , in the attack , Hasan walked into a crowded building at Fort Hood with 420 rounds of ammunition in his pocket . He wears a paper towel to muffle the sound of bullets .
Hasan shouting " Allahu Akbar " and opened fire on the soldiers systematically . He repeatedly wounded soldiers when they tried to escape .
Hasan has got a death sentence by a U.S. military court last August . The death penalty in the U.S. can take many years before it was executed .
Last September , a mass shooting at the Washington Navy Yard in the U.S. capital made by a military contractor who suffered a nervous breakdown . The incident killed 12 people . In March , a civilian run his truck into a naval base in Virginia . He broke one destroyer , a security guard seized weapons , and killing one sailor before he was shot dead officers .
U.S. President Barack Obama in a statement said , " We are sad that this kind of incident can happen again . " He was in Chicago to attend a Democratic Party fundraising event .
"Any shooting incident is very disturbing . Surely this reopening sadness over the incident at Fort Hood last five years , "Obama said . " We know the families of the victims . We know their great services and sacrifices for the country . "WSJ
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