Active shooter reported at Fort Hood
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(CNN) -- There is an active shooter at the sprawling central Texas base of Fort Hood, a source at Fort Hood told CNN on Wednesday.
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Active shooter reported at Fort Hood
updated 6:36 PM EDT, Wed April 2, 2014
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: "Injuries are being reported," say police in Waco, Texas
- Fort Hood's official Twitter feed asks that personnel on post shelter in place
- A spokesman for the base says an "incident" is under way
- The situation is serious and sirens are going off, the source says
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(CNN) -- There is an active shooter at the sprawling central Texas base of Fort Hood, a source at Fort Hood told CNN on Wednesday.
The situation is serious and sirens are going off, said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
A spokesman for the base said an "incident" was under way but declined to provide additional information.
Fort Hood's official Twitter feed asked that all personnel on post shelter in place.
A local sheriff's office said that it had heard there was a shooting.
"They got some kind of
shooting incident going on. They haven't told us anything. It was on
post and being handled by the military. Fort Hood has not asked for any
assistance," said Lt. Donnie Adams with the Bell County Sheriff's
Office.
Police in Waco, Texas, advised those on post to stay away from windows and to keep doors closed and locked.
"Injuries are being
reported. Be AWARE!! If you are in the Ft. Hood Post area there is an
on-going active shooter," the department tweeted.
All evening and night
classes for the Central and Fort Hood campuses of Central Texas College
(CTC) were canceled, according to the school's website. Personnel and
students were told to evacuate CTC Central Campus.
On November 5, 2009, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and injuring 32.
He shot fellow soldiers
at the processing center. Prosecutors maintained that the American-born
Muslim underwent a progressive radicalization that led to the massacre
at the base.
Hasan allegedly picked
that day because it was when the units he was scheduled to deploy with
to Afghanistan were scheduled to go through the processing center.
The former Army psychiatrist was convicted of premeditated murder, and a military jury recommended that Hasan be put to death.
CNN's Barbara Starr, Carma Hassan and Devon Sayers contributed to this report.
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