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That's quite old to be an e-4. perhaps he was a higher rank and had some disciplinary problems and was reduced in rank because of them. so he may have a history of disciplinary problems. so what kinds of attitudes what kind of work environment? this is important. the second thing that would be of interest, the mechanics of the whole thing. i would be interested to know what kind of weapon caused this. whether there was more than one weapon. it's interesting if this had been percolating for some time, to know that if it -- typically, when you come on a military base, if you have a car that's re...

In the case of major hassan, his chain of command knew that he was a problem and didn't do anything about it. we hope this is not the case here. >> jack, we're minutes away from this press conference at ft. hood. what are you hoping to learn? what are you going to be listening for in particular? >> well, there are two major groups of things that would be interesting to know. first of all, as we just discussed, whether or not there was some inkling that the chain of command knew he had problems or had been a disciplinary problem before. he was an e-4, which is a relatively know rank for an enli...

Did he only serve for month foun iraq and why would nine years service, 34 years old as an e-4. something did doesn't track here. this guy was a problem, and a i wonder how long that's been going on? >> well, and colonel jacobs, that goes to the hassan case, the same thing. there was evidence in the after-action report that he had been i.d.'d as somebody that had some problems, that had some issues, and yet for a host of reasons potentially, maybe just simply stress on the system, he fell through the cracks. it looks like we could be of a similar situation here with mr. lopes? >> another inter...

Tight 2350i9ing in a way they are killed and wounded, killed with implemented devices, no enemy contact. in a situation were no matter what you do, it's irrelevant. you may become a casualty and it's not dependent how good you are as a soldier. i think a lot of soldiers come back from this kind of environment with a feeling of helplessness. especially those who are emotionally fragile to start with. >> we're learning more about specialist lopez, his background and what his records will show here. the fact he was an e-4 struck you. i heard you last night discussing that. this is all being piece...

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...