Hasan to Be Charged With 13 Counts of Premeditated Murder in Fort Hood Massacre
Nov 12, 2009 12 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
DEVELOPING: Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan will be charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in last week’s Fort Hood mass shootings, a military source told Fox News Thursday.
Hasan, 39, is suspected of killing 13 of his comrades Nov. 5 when he opened fire at a soldier processing center at the Army base in Killeen, Texas.
The American-born military psychiatrist survived the rampage and is being guarded at a hospital in San Antonio. He has been talking to investigators.
Hasan is accused of firing about 100 rounds at unsuspecting fellow soldiers filling out deployment paperwork before civilian police officers shot him and stopped the attack.
The massacre killed 13 people and left about 30 others wounded. It has been classified as the worst mass shooting on an American military base.
Hasan’s motives are being investigated.
Reports have surfaced about possible communications he may have had with terrorist groups, fear of his imminent deployment to the war in Afghanistan and potential psychiatric problems, but










