Fort Hood Shooter Identified As a Major
ABC News reports an identity for the Fort Hood shooter.
The suspected gunman was identified by ABC News as Major Malik Nadal Hasan.
UPDATE at 11/5/09 3:08:42 pm:
More information from CBS News:
CBS News investigative producer Len Tepper reports that Hasan, 39, is a licensed psychiatrist from Silver Spring, Md.
A Fort Hood press release confirmed that “more than one shooter fired shots into the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center and Howze Theater on Fort Hood.”
According to Cone, the shooting began at 1:30 p.m. in the Soldier Readiness Center, a facility where soldiers receive medical treatment and fill out paperwork in preparation for deployment.