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Fort Hood mourns shooting's victims

FORT HOOD, Texas (UPI) -- Fort Hood, Texas, observed a day of mourning Friday to honor the victims of a shooting at the Army base's Soldier Readiness Center, base officials said.

A 13th massacre victim died in a hospital after being shot and wounded by alleged gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, who pulled out two handguns and began firing on soldiers as they prepared to deploy, Col. John Rossi, deputy commanding general at Fort Hood, said Friday during a news conference.

Of the 30 people injured, 28 remain hospitalized, Rossi said. One civilian was among the 13 who died and several civilians were among the injured, he said.

Hasan was shot four times by a civilian police officer and remained hospitalized on a ventilator, the colonel said.

The female civilian police officer who shot and wounded Hasan was hospitalized in stable condition, Col. Steven Braverman, base hospital commander, said.

Rossi said FBI and military law enforcement personnel were investigating the incident, including a possible motive.

Rossi said he unaware of an initial confrontation between Hasan and other people.

"We really don't want to get into speculating what he was doing," Rossi said.

In the nearby town of Killeen, a SWAT team and FBI agents searched Hasan's apartment for clues to what led to the shooting, CNN said

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This news arrived on: 11/06/2009

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