06 November,2009 08:02 AM IST | | Agencies
Eleven people plus a gunman were dead and 31 wounded after he opened fire on a soldier-processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, yesterday.
The gunman was a soldier, and two other soldiers have been detained as suspects, Army Lt Gen Bob Cone said.
The slain gunman was identified as Major Nidal Malik Hasan (39).
Hasan was a psychiatrist who previously worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center but more recently was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to professional records.
Ten of the other dead also were soldiers, while the remaining one was a civilian police officer who was working as a contractor on the base.
Two of the injured were in "very serious" condition, Fort Hood spokesman Christopher Hogue said.
It's horrific: Obama
In Washington, US President Barack Obama called the shooting "a horrific outburst of violence."
He said it's a tragedy to lose a soldier overseas and even more horrifying when they come under fire at an Army base on American soil.
