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Cavalry division and more soldiers deployed from ft. hood were killed than any other installation. so we've experienced the grieving. it's a community. it's like you've been kicked in the gut, like it can't be happening again. these are our friends. we go to church together. we pray together. we play together. it's 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 can jump in here. as we await that press conference, and you said you were just given an updat...

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, you've 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 that's what we're seeing. the all-clear has been given to everyone on the installation. you're starting to see people once again -- the difficult work continues --...

Wtu. [ inaudible ] >> that we don't know. we're checking his background. he recently arrived at ft. hood in february from another installation and we're 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? >> they were a result of the gunfire, either direct wounds from the gunfire. some cases, there was som...

[ inaudible ] in light of what's happened today, are you concerned that those programs have gaps in them? >> we'll have to re-examine all of those programs and see if there were any gaps. i'm not ready to answer that. >> general, over the years now, we've had three -- this is the third one we've 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, not again? >> my reaction was not again here, and to immediately make sure we had a read on the...

Trouble might be. some of it might be masked very well. for him to do what he did today, i don't know if there's 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 don't have enough substantiated facts to support a conclusion right now. >> i want to get back to cnn's 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, update us on what you know. >> reporter: we're told that the commanding general will be coming ...