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2009 Fort Hood shooting
mass murder that took place on November 5, 2009 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On November 5, 2009, a mass shooting took place at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas.[1] Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others.[2]
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Location | Fort Hood, Texas, U.S. |
Coordinates | 31°8′33″N 97°47′47″W |
Date | November 5, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-05) c. 1:34 – c. 1:44 p.m. (CST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
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Deaths | 14 (including 1 unborn child)[1] |
Injured | 33 (including the perpetrator) |
Perpetrator | Nidal Hasan |
Motive | Islamic extremism |
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It was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base.[3]