Nov 5 2009

Tuesday marks the year anniversary of the attack at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 people dead and more than 30 wounded. On Nov.

Steven Braverman, Commander of Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, address members of the media during a morning press conference following the largest mass shooting at a military installation, in Fort Hood, Texas on Friday Nov. On Nov. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He has not yet been executed. In , suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S.

Nov 5 2009

Ten years ago on Thursday Nov. Army psychiatrist walked into an on-post resiliency center and began shooting. Nidal Malik Hasan fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others, before Fort Hood civilian police Sergeant Mark Todd shot him, ending the rampage. Of the 13 killed, 11 died at the scene and two others died later, after being taken to hospitals. One of those killed was pregnant, yet her baby who also died, never has been individually counted on the list of victims. The shooting still ranks as the worst mass shooting at a military installation in U. Those were the charges he faced at court-martial that began Aug. He admitted he was the gunman in his opening statement and had beforehand told a judge that he had gunned down the soldiers at Fort Hood who were being deployed to protect Muslims and Taliban leaders in Afghanistan. Hasan called no witnesses, presented only scant evidence and made no closing argument. On Aug. Hasan, dressed in Army fatigues, showed no reaction as the member panel of senior officers handed down the death sentence. If the decision had not been unanimous, Hasan would have been sentenced to life in prison, instead. The panel also stripped Hasan of pay and other financial benefits, which he had continued to receive while in custody before conviction. Hasan was flown to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. No active-duty service member has been executed since , and legal experts said it will probably be many years, if ever, before the sentence will be carried out.

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The Associated Press. On Nov. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to death. He has not yet been executed. In , suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S.

Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who admitted to the shooting rampage at the military base here, was convicted Friday of 13 counts of premeditated murder — and could become the first American soldier to be put to death in half a century. Hasan was also convicted, by a military jury, of 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the attack, the deadliest mass murder on a base in American military history. Under military law, a conviction on at least two counts of premeditated murder makes Hasan eligible for the death penalty. The penalty phase of the court-martial is to begin Monday. Hasan, 42, who acted as his own lawyer during the trial, said he had changed sides in what he called an American war against Islam. He presented no witnesses and did not make a closing argument to the jury. Prosecutors said Hasan committed the attack because he did not want to be deployed to Afghanistan and that he believed he had a jihad duty to kill as many soldiers as possible. The military lined up 90 witnesses against him.

Nov 5 2009

Nidal Malik Hasan hospitalized, family issues statement expressing shock. An Army official confirmed that Maj. Hasan would have been deployed to Iraq later this month. Sources tell ABC News that this would have been his first deployment. The shooter was initially reported to have been killed, but Lt. Robert W. Cone told a late night news conference that the suspect was wounded and in custody. Cone would not say what Hasan's medical condition was, but said the suspect was not in danger of dying. Two other soldiers were taken into custody, but were later released.

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From to , the U. Retired Army colonel Terry Lee, who had worked with Hasan, said the psychiatrist expressed the hope that Obama would withdraw U. NBC Chicago. Throughout his years at Walter Reed, heads of departments had regularly discussed his mental state, as they were "deeply concerned" about his behavior. Archived from the original on February 13, Toro took cover behind an electrical box and saw civilian police Sergeant Mark Todd arrive and shout commands at Hasan to surrender. Retrieved on October 1, Grazed in the lower right side, and shot in the left upper chest, left back, lower right thigh, upper right thigh, and right foot. Major Hassan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder, and 32 counts of attempted murder. Initially, officials thought three soldiers were involved in the shooting; [41] two other soldiers were detained, but subsequently released.

Army major and psychiatrist , fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. Hasan was shot and as a result paralyzed from the waist down. His court-martial began on August 7,

Shot while trying to charge the shooter [47]. The Associated Press. John P. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 21, Hasan was asked what he wanted the pistol for, but refused to answer, Gilbert said. On Nov. United States Army. Today in History Today is Sunday, Nov. Skip to content. Archived from the original on January 14, The authorities have not ruled out terrorism in the shooting, but they said the preliminary evidence suggests that it wasn't. Tammy Bruce December 8, Pohl served on a Guantanamo military commission and oversaw the case of U.