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conference daily until we get all of the information out into the public that we have that's appropriate. i don't have a time for that but the first one obviously will be tomorrow. and colonel chris garver, our public affairs officer will put that out. i just ask your thoughts and prayers for the fallen and wounded in this particular case. thank you very much. >> that was ft. hood commanding general lieutenant general mark millie. there are now four dead, three killed by the shooter and then the shooter himself. he did have mental health issues. he had served four months in iraq, and he was in the process of being diagnosed for ptsd.
might think. so it takes a while to determine that. and once they do, then it becomes, they have to notify wherever their family are, you have to understand, these family members may be in alaska. their family might be in new york. their family is not necessarily living there at ft. hood. and then they have to contact, you know, chaplains and casualty assistance officers and get them ready to go. and they go directly to the home and do personal notifications. and, you know, as soon as you want that information, it takes time for the army to do it right. >> kylie, thank you very much for joining us and sharing your unique perspective on today's events and the tragic shooting there five years ago. i am very sorry for your loss five years ago and that it has been brought back to you in this way again today. thank you very much, kylie. >> thank you, and we are feeling
diagnosed with ptsd. it's under investigation. the exact set of events is under investigation. it's believed he walked into one of the unit buildings, open fir fired, got into a vehicle, fired from a vehicle, got out of the vehicle, walked into another vehicle and open fired again and was then engaged by local law enforcement here at ft. hood. i'm sorry? >> [ inaudible ] did he begin this thing with an argument? we heard there was an argument in the wtu and that is how this started and that he also was used a semiautomatic handgun of some kind. >> he was using a .45 caliber smith and wesson semiautomatic pistol purchased recently in the local area. i'm not aware of an argument at the wtu.
>> have you been involved in discussion since the last shooting at ft. hood about base security, particularly at ft. hood and exactly what the procedures should be at the gates? >> i've had briefings on it by the staff at ft. hood and the facilities at ft. hood. one of the things that makes what we call the great place the great place, because that's what they call ft. hood, the great place, is that it has a great community relation with the surrounding area. they want to continue having that strong relation with the community. so once they got through through all the security examinations, they wanted to have an open post as much as they could. it's been four years, almost five years now since november of '09. and so i'm sure there was good security at the gates but there's open traffic.
whether he brought a weapon on post or had it on post. but that whole sequence of events would be important to know. >> jack, is that rule going to have to be reconsidered? or the process by which they search or don't search vehicles entering military base, is it time for reconsideration of that? >> well, it's a very interesting question. you have to balance efficiency with safety at the end of the day. with people, military people coming in and out of the post all the time to search every single vehicle, even those that are registered on post and driven by people in uniform who have military id's. that would be a logistical nightmare. but in smaller posts, it's easy. huge posts like ft. hood, fort bragg, north carolina, that's
so, you know, you really try to hold out hope the whole time. >> and kylie, do you have any suggestions for the authorities on how they should, based on your experience, on how they should hand this will kind of notification? >> it gets very difficult. what people have to understand, and this is where it's just really hard if you're not in a military community to really understand how this works. because, you know, right now, ft. hood is, one, trying to determine who is injured and who has been killed. and those that have been killed, they go through a process and they have to find who gets first notification, who is their mother, who is the father, who is the wife, or the husband. and figuring and determining who that is. and how quickly they have to find that information. if this is someone who just arrived at ft. hood that day because they were going to go through srp or something, they don't have access to that information quickly, as you
for all those families and our prayers are with them right now. >> thank you. joining us now is texas congressman john carter whose district includes ft. hood. congressman carter, where were you today when you got the call about what happened there? >> i was in my office. >> and what was your reaction that here it is happening again five years later? >> my first reaction was the same as the reaction i had in '09. i immediately called my -- i have a staff member who works on ft. hood with the army. i called my staff member and said what do you know. there's supposed to be a live shooting going on in ft. hood. what do you know? he said i'm on my way and i'll let you know. >> i know when you represent a district that has a base of any size, but certainly when you represent a district that has a base of this enormity, it is one of the top two or three things on your mind in representation
>> you are watching our live continuing coverage of the shooting at ft. hood, texas, today. we are awaiting a press conference at that military base that should be starting at any moment where there are now three dead, 11 wounded, one of the dead includes the gunman who opened fire at ft. hooded if you had. we will be right back with more of our lye coverage. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him,
the casualties are what you renumerated earlier. many sources tell us the name of the gunman, who authorities say killed himself after firing all these shots. they identify him as ivan a. lopez, 34 years old. he's in the army, he was wearing a uniform, people say. people familiar with the military will understand what i mean when they say he was an e-4. that means a low-ranking enlisted person. either a corporate or specialist rank, and he had served in the puerto rican army national guard. we don't have his service record. we don't know how long he had been at ft. hood. we don't know what the nature of argument was, other than to say that this was some kind of argument or some kind of -- some sort of animosity, not something that was preplanned, they say. this is the initial information that we're getting. and not anything that was related to terrorism or anything
to when it's time to go ahead and ask your question. commander of the third corps, lieutenant general mark a. millie. >> good evening. i would like to start off with condolences to the killed and wounded soldiers here at ft. hood. from an incident this afternoon at approximately 1600, or 4:00 p.m. today, a soldier assigned to 13th command expeditionary fired shots at individuals within the unit areas here. within the first medical brigade area and the 49th transportation battalion area. the post immediately went into lockdown. we have now lifted the lockdown as of 30 or 45 minutes ago. within 15 minutes, first responders from the military police and the emergency serv e services responded to the scene,