Fort Hood shootings: Seven dead at army post outside Killeen, Texas

At least seven people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base outside Killeen, Texas on Thursday afternoon.

Local television station KXXV reported, “We’ve learned an incident has taken place at the sports dome, now known as the soldier readiness area. Temple ISD Schools Have Been locked down as part of this incident. The district’s spokeswoman tells News Channel 25 the district is on soft lockdown.”

People in and around Fort Hood were worried and shared their concerns on Twitter.

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   RicoRossi (Fort Hood, Texas) if your OFFPOST right now dont come to base, multiple shootings, several casualties, possible terrorist suspects… FT HOOD TX 05 Nov 2009 from web
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   Norrek4040 (Killeen, Texas) FORT HOOD IS LOCKED DOWN, 7 DEAD 12-15 WOUNDED! THEY DONT KNOW WHO’S DOING IT, BE SAFE PEOPLE! 05 Nov 2009 from MySpace
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   aneeia26 (Killeen, Texas) Wow. I do not know what to say, but thank you Jesus, I had left Fort Hood an hour before the shootings. 05 Nov 2009 from web
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   Jus_Shuga (undisclosed location) Over here at wrk lockdown too!!! Forthood is crazy right now 05 Nov 2009 from txt
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   music4life00 (undisclosed location) That’s what happens when yu live in a military town so sad 7 dead 05 Nov 2009 from UberTwitter
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   RicoRossi (Fort Hood, Texas) emergency sirens going off, HALO evacs, lockdowns, there is not 1 person walking thru the streets of FT HOOD 05 Nov 2009 from web
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   RebekahReports (Texas) Police have shot a male suspect in Army uniform with Major rank. He has run in to another building on Fort Hood. 05 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck

 Other Twitter users  are praying for the terror to end in Fort Hood.

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   nikimoo3 (location undisclosed) Pray for Fort Hood. Justin’s ok but idk about his friends 05 Nov 2009 from txt
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   LauraSergi (Connecticut) Prayers go out to the families and the people at Fort Hood 05 Nov 2009 from web
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   RobertEvans007 (undisclosed location) Please pray safety and protection for the soldiers and families at Fort Hood! 05 Nov 2009 from txt