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Cavalry division and more soldiers deployed from ft. hood were killed than any other installation. so weve experienced the grieving. its a community. its like youve been kicked in the gut, like it cant be happening again. these are our friends. we go to church together. we pray together. we play together. its a really tight nit community. we have so much respect for these soldiers who put their life on the line for our country, and they -- many of them pay the ultimate sacrifice. >> mayor, if i ...

Few moments ago, we heard sirens wailing again on the ft. hood instalation. it was essentially the all-clear. the streets behind me had been quiet for the last three hours. as soon as that siren went off, telling people on the post that they were free to move around again freely, youve seen a long line of cars, these were people who had been waiting to leave the installation since this tragedy unfolded here about four hours ago. so thats what were seeing. the all-clear has been given to everyone...

Wtu. [ inaudible ] >> that we dont know. were checking his background. he recently arrived at ft. hood in february from another installation and were checking with the other installation to determine the background of the soldier. obviously, we are digging deep into his background, any criminal or psychiatric history, his experiences in combat. all of the things you would expect us to do are being done right now. >> were all of the injured soldiers victims of the gunfire or something else? >> th...

[ inaudible ] in light of whats happened today, are you concerned that those programs have gaps in them? >> well have to re-examine all of those programs and see if there were any gaps. im not ready to answer that. >> general, over the years now, weve had three -- this is the third one weve had. are you concerned beyond the fact that this is not the first time, are you concerned that this place is becoming a target for people for whatever reason? i mean, would your reaction when you heard this, ...

Trouble might be. some of it might be masked very well. for him to do what he did today, i dont know if theres a single target that he had in mind to murder and the rest of the people are collateral damage or he had multiple targets. we just dont have enough substantiated facts to support a conclusion right now. >> i want to get back to cnns ed lavandera, who is at ft. hood, texas right now. we know there is a press conference about to happen soon. we can see the microphones there. ed lavandera,...