immediately. >> good night and shep will pick up our live coverage from here. good night from washington. and good evening, the o'reilly factor will not be seen tonight as fox news channel continues coverage of the shooting at fort hood. we first received word here just about two minutes before 5:00 central time that there had been a shooting at fort hood. it began, we were told at the time, at a medical facility not too far from a gate. the initial reporting was there was one shooter. this shooter had gone from building to building and that there were a number of victims. within 20 minutes, we had word that there were two people who had gone to area hospitals and there were questions about whether there might be more than one shooter. now, here's what we know. we know that four people are confirmed dead by senior law enforcement official. and among the four, the

shooter, there were reports from multiple outlets in multiple cities that another shooter was feared to be barricaded inside a building. it appears now that authorities are acting by the greatest of caution. certaining the facilities on post to make sure that there were r. no other active shooters, but at this point we do not have reason to believe that there is another shooter. that is not to say that the post is back to normal by any stretch of the imagination. they are still being asked to shelter in place. they are acting on the side of caution. at this point it appears we have another shooting at fort hood. by way of background, yesterday on my afternoon program, we reported that foxnews.com reporter jana winter had gotten word of a plot, of a man who had been recruited to be in the army and would have begun his basic training on april the

7th. instead, the authorities had gotten word that he hadnted to d against american soldiers. they began looking for him. and as of the reporting of jana winter as of yesterday, they had not found him. now, he had promised, according to the reporting of winter, to carry out some sort of jihad against soldiers, quote: similar to the one at fort hood, unquote. fox news is of the belief that that report and today's incident are in no way related. jana winter has returned to her sources who now tell her that they believe this was a soldier-on-soldier confrontation and did not have a counter terrorism or terrorism nexus. take that for what you will. what we do know is just before regular business hours were to end at fort hood tonight, a shooter went on a rampage, and at least 14 people were hit. a senior law enforcement official tells fox news now four people are dead and that one of those is the

shooter. our pentagon reporter jennifer griffin is live there now with the latest as we have it. jennifer? >> shepard, we have been talking to sources down at fort hood and they tell us that the shooting took place outside the first medical brigade. there were approximately 20 shots fired and as you reported senior law enforcement officials now tell us that there are at least four dead, 14 wounded total. among the dead is believed to be the shooter according to a spokesman at fort hood who spoke to us not long ago it ♪ clear what caused this incident. as you mentioned, jana winter had from her sources that it was some sort of an altercation between soldiers and that that is how the initial shots were fired. there are reports out there. we cannot confirm them at this point in time that the shooter may have taken his own life. it may have been a self-inflicted wound that killed the shooter. all' that the fort hood officials will tell us is

that the shooter himself is dead at this point. so, right now still a lockdown. the fort hood web site still says this is not a test to shelter in place, keep your doors closed. it is still an active crime scene, if you will. and the hospitals at fort hood, both the medical center there as well as local medical centers are tending to the wounded. we are told that at least 8 ambulances arrived through the gates of fort hood shortly after the shooting began, shepard. >> jennifer, as we have both reported throughout the evening, jana winter is reporting that yesterday's report on fox foxnews.com and today's reality at fort hood are not related. i want to read to you what was on foxnews.com exclusively as of yesterday and i quote: the alert whose legitimacy was confirmed by law enforcement officials say that a man identified as booker had told friends of his, quote: intention to commit jihad, unquote. booker who is also known as mohammed abdullah hasan was

recruited by u.s. army in kansas city, missouri, in february of this year. and was scheduled to report for basic training on april the 7th. but he was discharged last week, apparently after law enforcement authorities learned of his alleged plan. both the fbi and the 902nd military intelligence fort leavenworth in texas are involved in the hunt. it's our understanding that this person be a dliewl la hasan also known as booker has not been located. hunt for him. 24 hours later, four people are dead and 14 are wounded at fort hood. could it be a coincidence? it absolutely could be. does it appear that it is at this hour according to jana winters' reporting? it does. by my goodness, jennifer. >> according to law enforcement officials talked that we talked to in the last 24 hours. these appear to be separate incidents. >> indeed. >> in fact, we were told late yesterday that person that they were looking for,

in fact, they were no longer looking for him. they knew where this person by the name of booker was and that there was no longer a public threat. so these are two very separate incidents though somewhat -- it certainly caught our attention when we heard the first reports of shots being fired on fort hood. not only because of what happened in 2009 when those 13 people were killed 30 injured when when major nidal hasan turned his gun on fellow soldiers at the base. that is why the president issued a statement just moments ago saying that is he heart-broken and he will get to the obama of this latest shooting incident. we expect him to speak momentarily, shepard. >> jennifer, for clarity and you are right, of course, on all points. the president spoke a short time ago and we are in one of those situations where the location where the president was speak something not an event to which the pool, the white house pool had cable and had life capability at the moment. the pool for the white house rotates every month.

this between all the networks. this month it happens to be cnn. cnn is walking that tape of the president to another location. they will need feed it out and then all the networks will play it out at the same time. all of that said, jennifer, you wonder, had there been any reports out of fort hood? is anyone on post now saying well, we had had problems with this one or that one? do we know if this is a soldier? do we have anything? >> well, we do believe that this was a soldier, that carried out the shooting. and that the three people that he killed were also soldiers. we do believe that the shooter is dead at this point in time according to officials down there and sources on the base. what we don't know, because are, remember, fort hood is one of the largest army posts in the country. it's 300 square miles large. it's the size of most cities in this country. it is a very large post. and it has a -- it has a large number of soldiers and units who have recently returned from afghanistan. they would be processing, in

processing there. it was originally set up as a place where tanks could practice and you have the first cavalry down there. so, this is a very large facility to ascribe what may have been the motive of this shooter at this point in time it's really premature at this point. >> you reported at the time of this, close to five years ago, jennifer, that they had increased security. that they had all kinds of different procedures put into place to try to identify soldiers, since you say that this shooter, who is now dead who is believed to have been a soldier, to try to identify people who might be a threat. and i know they had gone to great lengths to do this. >> i think what is so baffling at this point in time, shep, and it shows just how difficult it is to defend against these kind of shooting incidents is after the fort hood shooting in 2009, a year later, the defense department came out with a whole slew of 45 pages of recommendations of

how to -- how security measures would be increased at fort hood and other posts and bases so that this kind of thing wouldn't happen again. but you saw with the navy yard incident, most recently, that when mental illness is involved, as it was in the navy yard incident, that it is very difficult to defend against somebody who is legitimately on that base with legitimate passes. >> very difficult. general, please stay with us. i know you need to gather some more information. i want to update our viewers. it was by all accounts that we have heard through twitter, instagram and in phone calls with people who are on post, an absolutely chaotic and frightening and confusing scene. the voice came on as they put it, just minutes before the base would -- the post would end normal operations for the day. 5:00 central time. they call it the voice. here is what they heard. listen. >> [inaudible] seek shelter

immediately. >> please shelter immediately. that word went over the four corners of fort hood. a man who recorded that is a man named steve a soldier in the united states army who is stationed at fort hood who is now, i'm told, barricaded inside his home with his family. steve, are you with us? >> yes, sir. >> do you have, first of all, thank you for your service. do you have kids around and what was it like at that moment just before 5:00 p.m.? >> it was kind of hectic. we had a son outside playing with his friends. and right when the sirens went off we called him in. we shut all the windows, blinds, locked all the doors stayed away from the windows and just monitored the tv to see what's happening on post. >> were you there in 2009? >> yes, sir, i was. >> i know, sir, that there have been enormous changes

in security there and background checks and all the rest are. >> oh, yeah. it's very in-depth about the security on post coming in on post, checking i.d. cards, making sure the stickers, check the expiration dates on those. the m.p.'s and fort hood police are very on top of it. for something like this to happen, if the soldier did come on post, it's kind of shocking that he got through without being detected. >> sir, it's hard to imagine, i'm guessing you as one who is serving your nation there, to imagine that one of your fellow soldiers woo do such a thing, jennifer griffin at the pentagon is reporting now that's exactly what's happened. i just won do you how you as a soldier process such a thing. >> it's hard, i mean, kind of a growing up in the

military kind of thing it's kind of hard to accept a soldier doing something like this. especially a brotherhood that you have throughout the military careers. it is kind of -- it's hard to comprehend. it's hard to accept it kind of thing. >> those in my family who are in the military in different branches say. if there is one thing that's an absolute truth. we are a family and we are a family here to serve. and when somebody inside your family does something like, this i don't know how you have trust anymore. >> the trust is there. i mean, it's like a band of brothers. i mean, it's something you will do anything for these guys. the soldiers that you lead, the soldiers that you take care of. you can't really put soldiers as what happened today. because 99% of the soldiers,

99.9% of the soldiers are good soldiers serving their country. >> and thank god for them. steve, keep your family close and let us know if you hear anything more there. >> sure, will shep. thank you. >> again, thank you for your service, sir. well, 14 injured, four dead including a soldier in fort hood, texas. this is fox news channel's continuing coverage. we'll be back after this. [ female announcer ] you get sick, you can't breathe through your nose... suddenly you're a mouthbreather. well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38% more than cold medicines alone. so you can breathe and sleep. shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right so you can breathe and sleep.

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18 minutes past the hour. a shooting that's happened tonight at fort hood in texas. now i'm informed that we know the identity of the shooter. jennifer griffin, our pentagon correspondent live there now. jennifer, what you have learned? >> we have learned from a number of sources, shep, that the name of the shooter is specialist ivan lopez. he was based at fort hood. we're not clear of his age at this point in time but he

ivan lopez. we are believed that the shooter is believed to be dead at this point in time, shep. >> i believe it was reporting earlier that authorities believed that the shooter first killed some other soldiers or others in general and then it wasn't as if someone killed him but it's believed he killed himself. right? it's believed that he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound but we do not have official confirmation of that at this point. first medical brigade and near the motor pool area we're told. that's where those 20 or so shots 20 shots rang out and that's where much of the gunfire has taken place. we can confirm from multiple sources that the gunman, the shooter himself is specialist ivan lopez. >> all right, jennifer. thanks very much. back to jennifer griffin as news breaks. our team behind us here is

working find out more about this specialist. when we do get more, we have it for you. first, let's go to casey stegall. is he enroute to the scene now. a texas base correspondent for us. casey, i know this has shaken the military community. it's just with all of the great work that has come out of fort hood and texas over the decade, what they went through five years ago and now again it's just heart breaking. >> shepard, you know, it really is. and, you know, we spent a lot of time there as you well know. in fact, the entire month of august when we were covering the court martial of major nidal hasan and while we were there, we were in the community. we were eating in the restaurants. we were talking to soldiers. and we spent a lot of time there getting to know folks. fort hood is known as the great place, shepard. that's what the post is called. it's on all of the signage as you drive into the gates there. as we have been saying a huge army post. one of the largest military installations in the world. some 340 square miles. they can house about 82,000 enlisted personnel and 6,000

officers on that post. it is a very tight-knit community. they were scarred. that may just be an understatement. they were scared in 2009 after hasan opened fire in that medical processing building and that's what really strikes me about this and the reporting of jennifer griffin and the officials that we are talking to on the ground down at fort hood as well is that this shooting appears tonight to have happened outside of the first medical brigade and that is some type of a medical facility and it's eerily similar to what happened in 20099 not saying that was exactly calculated as hasan shooting rampage was but he opened fire at the srt building which was known as the soldier readiness processing building on november 5th, 2009. it was also a medical facility where soldiers were preparing to deploy overseas to wars in iraq and afghanistan. the fact that this shooting

has also occurred outside some sort of a medical facility on post is eerily similar. to early to know what the motive was here and what was behind the shooting at fort hood tonight. no doubt, especially frwho wered lived it in 2009, when that alert came over those loud speakers on that post, you know that they were just shaken to the core, shepard. >> i don't know how they wouldn't be. casey stegall on route to the post. pictures we are showing you from outside the post now. it's my understanding they are a very professional bunch and have the situation which understandably early going chaotic. they have it under control now. it appears from me at least from the reporting that we are getting from all over the post and from surrounding areas, from our sources in washington and beyond, it appears that they are acting out of an abundance of caution to make sure that there are no other shooters there. i mean, my god, how awful

would it be if you were to release this scene and then somebody who had been hiding would turn out to be still there. i'm getting a countdown to something, i know not what. i'm shepard smith in new york. this is fox news coverage of a shooting which has happened at fort hood in texas. we have interrupted local programming on our local fox stations across the country and you are joining us now on fox news channel. fox news has now confirmed through multiple sources high level sources within the united states government that four people have been shot and killed, three of them soldiers at the army post at fort hood. another is the shooter himself who is believed to be a soldier himself. and we have learned his name here at fox news channel. in addition, 14 people are being treated for injuries that they sustained during this what's been described to us as a shooting rampage. it all began, we believe, just a couple of minutes before 5:00 this afternoon

central daylight time at the post just outside of waco, texas. it was the end of what amounts to normal business hours for the day. and people were packing up and getting ready when as it has been described to us the voice came on. and a voice warning people all over the military post to shelter in place. to stay away from windows. that there was an active shooter on post. and that authorities were working to control the situation. since we have heard from multiple medical fittings. and now we -- medical facilities. 14 treated. early going four were grave. now we know three victims have died and that the shooter is dead. the president spoke recently. they are playing us back the tape of that speech for the first time right now. >> hello, everybody. i just got off the phone with vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff sandy winnefeld to get the latest report on the situation in fort hood. obviously we are following it closely.

the situation is fluid right now. but my national security team is in close contact with not just the defense department but the fbi. they are working with folks on the ground to determine exactly what happened, to make sure that everybody is secure and i want to just assure all of us that we are going to get to the obama of exactly what happened. any shooting is troubling. obviously this reopens the pain of what happened in fort hood five years ago. we know these families. we know their incredible service to our country and the sacrifices that they make. obviously our thoughts and prayers are with the entire community. and we are going to do everything we can to make sure that the community at fort hood has what it needs to deal with the current

situation, any potential aftermath. we are heart broken that something like this might have happened again. i don't want to comment on the facts until i know exactly what has happened. but, for now, i would just hope that everybody across the country is keeping the families and the community at fort hood in our thoughts and in our prayers. the folks there have sacrificed so much on behalf of our freedom. many of the people there have been through multiple tours in iraq and afghanistan. they serve with valor and they serve with distinction. and when they are at their home base, they need to feel safe. we don't yet know what happened tonight but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again and we're going to have to find out exactly

what happened. the pentagon will undoubtedly have further briefings for you as we get more details what happened. thanks, everybody. >> video play back of the president speaking the last 15 to 20 minutes. he has been in chicago. he has been in ann arbor, michigan for minimum wage event and sharing the sentiments of the nation of the sadness over what happened at fort hood this evening and with the promise that he will get to the obama of it as the rest of the nation intends to do. in just a moment, we will go live to the pentagon and our correspondent jennifer griffin on fox news channel. for those of you watching on the local fox station or my network station, we will return to you your local programming. we will have updates for you tonight on your late local news on this fox station continuing coverage on fox news channel on satellite and cable. i'm shepard smith. fox news, new york. and now for our viewers on fox news channel. thanks for staying with us.

let's get to jennifer griffin at the pentagon. the president and the rest of the nation taking this very seriously. >> very seriously. as the president said we are heart-broken. can cannot believe that a second shooting has taken place in fort hood at a very similar location outside the first medical brigade, we're told. we don't know very much about the shooter. we do know his name now. we know that his name, according to multiple sources is specialist ivan lopez. he was stationed at fort hood. not clear who he was, what his age was, where he had served and what may have caused him to go on this shooting rampage. sources told our jana winter earlier tonight, u.s. official sources said that it appeared to be soldier-on-soldier violence. meaning there may have been some sort of altercation. we know from a spokesman at fort hood that the shooter, who specialist ivan lopez, then is dead at this point and may have taken his own life.

shep. jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. we are waiting for updates two different hospitals where patients have been taken. in addition, authorities at fort hood have informed us within a matter of minutes there will be a news conference to update us on all the facts as they know him. we'll go there live for both of those events so that we will not miss those events a quick commercial break. i'm shepard smith in new york. stay with us. what you wear to bed is your business.

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four people are dead and including a shooter according to a authorities in fort hood, texas. 14 were injured. we do not know a motive. the shooter was a specialist in the united states army. we believe stationed at fort hood and that the three victims are also believed to be united states military personnel, the three victims who died. as for the 14 others, they are in area hospitals. we're waiting for a news conference from one of those hospitals. further we are waiting for a news conference to begin shortly. we are led to believe within a matter of minutes from officials at fort hood that will be conducted there at the main gate. in the meantime, we will have those for you live. meantime, we have been reporting or passing along to you the reporting of foxnews.com from yesterday that the fbi was and is or was searching for a recent u.s. army recruit believed to be planning a, quote: fort hood inspired jihad against u.s. soldiers, unquote. that was from foxnews.com

reporter jonna winter who is on the line with us right now. sources telling us report from yesterday of this recruit who wanted to carry out a jihad and the activities on the post tonight are are related in no way. >> correct. they appear to be entirely different set of events. and i actually just spoke with a source in topeka, kansas who is familiar with the location of the recruit we reported on previously. is he nowhere near fort hood. this is, my sources tell me what's going on currently on post looks like soldier-on-soldier shooting over some sort of dispute. we are not really sure. the shooter killed himself. not related. would like to stress that a lot. >> we're working on background on this soldier, the specialist ivan lopez. have you been able to learn anything of yet? >> not too much. other than we found what appeared to be a picture of him. >> we have two. we are not sharing it until

we are 100% sure. >> exactly. he appears to be based at fort hood. all i feel comfortable saying at this point. certainly keep checking back with us at foxnews.com for anything we can confirm but i don't want to tell you just speculative stuff. >> on this other matter, they think they know where this person who you identified yesterday on foxnews.com who wanted to carry out jihad against soldiers, they think they know where this person is? they are sitting on something. >> my sources told me yesterday he was put in some sort of healthcare mental facility. he is he being watched although strangely, i don't know, he is not anywhere near fort hood. he has nothing too do with this and people are at least telling me that that is he in a place where he is being watched. >> januaryna, it's good of you. it was astounding thing for us to read yesterday that in fact there was an army recruited that wanted to do such a thing. fast forward 24 hours and here we have such a thing. the two things are in no way

related. i say that with no trepidation and no hesitation. this is a separate matter. we have, from every source that we can find, what we do not know. is anything beyond this was some sort of soldier-on-soldier dispute. that does not explain to me or anyone else why it is that there are three people dead besides this shooter and 14 others in hospitals. some described to us very as in grave condition. we cannot put those things together just yet. this happened within the last two and a half hours. two and a half to three hours. the reporting is coming in now. i want to get to leah gabriel in the newsroom. on how law enforcement deals with active shooter situation. our regular viewers know you are a pilot for the united states navy and have been through this training. >> shep, i haven't been through this specific

training but this is many bases train active base shooter scenario seeing this play out on fort hood again. i spoke with the fbi special agent who also served in the navy he talked to me how this active shooter scenario is handled. now, law enforcement officers on base, they have base security. sometimes their military police officers. sometimes they're hired contractors. but they are all law enforcement officers. and they have all been through law enforcement training changed since the columbine shooting since 1999. what used to happen is when law enforcement officials arrived at the scene, they would sort of wait for a command structure to form before going in supposed to immediately tell people to shelter in place and move toward the last known location of the active shooter. he said that's because on average 12 to 14 people are injured or killed in these types of scenarios so the objective is to try to neutralize the threat.

try to eliminate the threat that active shooter as quickly as possible and then clear the rooms. now, in a situation on a military base, in some ways it's a bit safer and that's because they do have the base security. it isn't s. enclosed location where they can tell people to shelter in place. and they do often have alarm systems to alert people of a problem. in this case warning alarms were sounded because of the scenario. now, the challenge is that if you have someone who is wearing a uniform, the law enforcement official i spoke with said that it's kind of like looking at a sheet of cookies and trying to figure out which one is the bad cookie. in another scenario you might have someone who is described as wearing a red jacket and a pair of jeans. if you hear someone is wearing a pair of fay takings, they have to be very careful going through environment to make sure where that active shooter is to make sure they find the right person and stabilize that threat. >> the hospital news conference i have just been informed is going to begin

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>> fort hood is still locked down, we are still getting facts. it's a terrible tragedy, we know that we know there are casualties both people killed and injured. we don't have all the facts yet. we will get those.

it's still under investigation. >> indeed it is, defense secretary chuck hagel speaking just minutes ago from hawaii and receiving the brave news that we have all received that four people are dead, including a shooter named ivan lopez, according to authorities. ivan lopez a specialist in the united states army and the victims all members of the united states military as well. 14 people in hospitals. and we are waiting right now to hear, we believe momentarily from one of the hospitals treating the injured. trace gallagher following developments for us. trace? >> and it's important thing to note, shep, when we get that news conference in the hospital we don't know the severity of the injuries. we will learn that we also it's very unclear if all of the injuries are in fact gunshot wounds because in the early going there were witnesses had who said as the man opened fire this 34-year-old ivan lopez that there were soldiers actively fleeing the scene. some were jumping fences said witnesses and some of the injuries may have occurred there we do not know that or the severity.

we should know that very soon. as for the shooter. we believe he is 34 years old. we have a picture of him, shep, but we're not going to show it because we have not confirmed the picture. we also believe that he was a member of the warrior transition program which means he helped wounded warriors make the transition from battle either back into the military or back into civilian life i helped ill soldiers as well and would have helped injured soldiers get back on their feet as well. we are learning very little about him. there is word he was a truck driver on the post and that he was still a truck driver as of today. now, as far as when you are talking jennifer griffin earlier about the fact that when they had those recommendations after the 2009 fort hood shooting, shep one ever the big ones if you see cece something say something. try to identify any indicators of violence on any military personnel. identify any as being

radicalized. we have looked and so far no red flags, no indicators at all that this person who is being named ivan lopez fits into that category at all we will learn much more in the minutes ahead, shep. >> the way this has been described by jennifer griffin and others. first, i might point out by our correspondent, jana winter from foxnews.com that this began, at least, as a soldier on soldier confrontation. and what we are being led to believe, at least in the early going and we will hear official word soon, that it just spread from there. that's a hard thing to even think about happening. a confrontation between two that spreads to leaving four people total dead, including the shooter and 14 others in the hospital. it's unthinkable. >> and what's also very unclear, shep, is exactly where this began and where it ended. we believe tended outside near the motor pool of this medical facility building. we don't know if it began inside. and if this shooter was trying to shoot his way outside of the building before he apparently turned the gun on himself.

that's one of the big questions. this is exactly where it began. we had a lot of witnesses saying they heard the gunshots. and they heard that it was -- they believed it was a high powered weapon. though they are unclear on that because, remember, we don't have any idea of the type of weapon that was used or exactly where it began or where it ended. that's critical to the investigation. >> we really don't have anything about motive yet either. trace, i want to direct oour viewers to temple, texas,and video coming to us from ktbc which happens to be our fox station out of austin, texas. that's a baylor, scott, and white medical center. that's where this news conference is to begin on the condition of the rest of these. it was that time of day, anybody who has ever been on a base or a post knows 5:00 in the afternoon, they never shut down completely, but that's a time of day when regular business hours are wrapping up. and there is a lot of traffic in and out. it's a time when there would be a lot of people packing up and headed either to their home on post for the day or their home off post for the day. the checkpoints are very

busy. and we're getting word from an official there. let's listen to this. >> they will be coming in. and we will fix you up in about a minute or two. >> so there you go, a minute or two from now. we will get the update from the hospital. the initial reporting was that there were a couple people that were taken to a facility on post there is a medical center on post. and that heroes may have been taken to a facility off post. you heard our jennifer griffin report that this some ambulances were let on to posts. there are other reports that as many as 20. but it makes sense that you would do that, as something as ongoing. you don't know how many ambulances you are going to need. somebody shot last thing you want to do is wait for ambulances. senior officials say this shooter was the specialist ivan lopez. 36, a truck driver. and absolutely no idea what it is that might have led this person to begin a confrontation. we're told now with one

person that may have spread. well, the doctors an official from the hospital there, the medical center in temple, texas are coming to the microphones to update us as we have the information so let's listen in now. >> we are ready whenever they are. >> if you are all are ready, this is dr. glen coutsman, the chief officer. in the doctor's jacket is dr. harry constantine know who is our chairman of surgery. >> good evening. at about 5:05 this evening, we were notified by officials from fort hood that there had been a shooting incident over there and we began preparation to accept patients. we so far have received three patients who have been transferred that are here in

our facility. we have three more that are in route. i'm sorry, there are four patients that are equally here now and two more that are in route. they have had a variety of injuries we have been treating, ranging from gunshot wounds that involved extremities, abdomen, chest and neck. these patients are receiving treatment right now. and we are expecting two more to arrive shortly. transported by both air and land. the two that are coming that are preparing to go directly to the operating room in anticipation of some very needed surgery. we have all of our support staff have been activated. and we have ample resources to take care of anymore patients that need to be transferred over. but at this time we don't anticipate additional

patients being transferred over from fort hood at this time. so, we are prepared to answer any questions. if we can give you any additional information. >> those that are here now, do you know their conditions? >> yes, their conditions range from stable to quite critical. >> do you know if they were soldiers? >> i don't have that, ma'am. >> how many men and how many women, do you know? >> i can't even give you those specifics, i'm sorry. >> what about the rest of the people when you -- maybe 14. where are they? >> i have none of that information, ma'am. we accepted these patients transferred after they had been evaluated and taken care of over in killeen. we really didn't render any immediate care at the scene or anything like that. >> are any of you here in

2009. >> similarities? >> i would say so. there is a lot of unknowns early on and it creates some logistical problems in how you plan for this kind of event. we continually practice for mass casualty events. we have a command center that we run practice drills. i'm pleased to report that we were well prepared for that it always takes a little while to figure out how many people are coming and where they are coming from. but we are amply staffed. we had our surgeons, operating rooms, everything opened up well before any of these patients arrived. >> how often do you guys run those and when was the last time? >> we run those every few months. it's been three or four months since we had our last one. that's a routine kind of thing that we prepare for. >> multiple gunshot wounds? >> i honestly can't tell you the exact extent of those. i did not take care of any

of those myself. dr. constantine know may be able to give you more specifics on that. >> basically they were both -- both individuals gunshots as well as a couple with multiple. >> i apologize, can you recap again some of the numbers, please? >> sure. we were first notified shortly after 5:00 this evening there was a shooting incident that occurred over on the fort. we opened up our command center at that time in anticipation. and over the next couple hours we have received now a total of four patients that have been transferred to our facility. two more are in route i understand right now. and we are preparing to take those immediately to the operating room because they have some very very severe injuries so that is kind of where we are with this. >> are you releasing conditions at this point? >> the conditions range anywhere from quite stable to critically injured.

>> the two that are coming now, were they in another facility before they were brought over here? >> i believe they are being transferred directly from the darnell emergency facilities. >> >> you can go over again what their injuries were? >> basically, it's a variety. injuries to the chest, to the abdomen, to the extremities, and then injury to the neck. on the various patients that we have seen. >> you said these are soldiers or you don't know whether they are soldiers? >> we don't have any specifics at this time. >> okay. why were these patients transferredtime. >> why were these patients transferred here? >> we're a level one trauma center. we actually have the resources and capacity to take care of these critically injured patients. >> were the most critical patients brought here? >> as far as we know, yes. >> and i would anticipate with a large number of patients

arriving short period of time, the emergency facilities there were anxious to have some help quickly, and we were available, and they know that we're always open to help them out. >> i believe one of you was addressing, someone was here, when this happened previously? >> we both were. >> what goes through your head when you know it's happened again? >> it's, my response was this was another sad day for central texas. >> some of these patients, they were probably brought from ft. hood straight here. have you been able to get in touch with their family on base? >> we have not reached out to any families yet. i know that we have, our media folks have made arrangements for them or the contact number for them. and people are fielding some of those calls. i'm not really aware of some of their family members have

arrived here yet. >> are you anticipating that they're still on base? >> that their families are still on base? i would assume so. i really don't know the specific names and the family relations that are over there. >> did you all treat any, from the previous incident, did you all treat any injured from that incident? >> you mean the -- >> we had quite a few patients. >> i think we had 11, i'm not sure. but we had it quiquite a few. i can't remember the exact number, but it was quite a few, i remember that. >> you said that the conditions ranged from stable to quite critical. do you know how many were quite critical? >> i really can't tell you that specific number. >> a lot of, a lot of the patients are being, are

undergoing continual evaluation so that will change over the course of time, i'm sure. >> and we will give an update, probably in another couple hours. we can give you a little bit more information about the specific injuries and. >> can you say why you don't expect any additional patients? >> that's the information that we're receiving right now is that they're not anticipating that they're going to transfer anymore over, although, i suspect that could change as well, just depending on the condition of the patients they're treating over there. >> from darnell? >> yes, ma'am. [ phone ringing ] >> any other questions for us at this time? >> could you say your names and titles again? >> as we go, we're wrapping things up, it was established originally as scott & white facility and the only level one

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three minutes before the hour. i'm shepard smith and we're waiting for a news conference from ft. hood in texas. you know that 14 people have been injured. four are now did, including the shooter who's been identified to us throughout the evening of jennifer griffin as ivan lopez, said to be in his 30s and a man who was a truck driver on post until according to authorities he shot and killed four people

and left 14 injured. so many people across the nation have ties to ft. hood in one way or another. and one is nina easton. she is a washington editor for fortune magazine and a contributor on our politics program special report. my understanding your son's an army ranger and was there when this went down. >> caller: yes, hey, shep, my heart goes out to the families of these victims. it's just crushing to me. my son is an army ranger. he, he's perfectly safe. he was leaving a day at work at about 4:45. leaving his post. and when he heard chaos break out, sirens and so forth got to his house off base and was told to shelter in place. and that's what he's been doing. but, you know, shep, the thing that really strikes me is that my son, he's only been in for a year. he originally had orders to go to afghanistan, which we really

worried about, those orders have since changed. but you think about the level of fear that parents and family go through with their kids just being deployed into battle zones. and you have to worry, now we have to worry about them just being on base in america. i was there going on special report in 2009 when major nidal hasan killed 13 people, a mass murder at ft. hood. and it's really, it's really a traumatic to me. >> well, for any parent or friend how could it be anything but. i'm so glad your son is there. thank him for his service to us. good to talk to you. >> caller: thanks, shep. >> we're waiting for this news conference to come from ft. hood. it's our understanding that they'll be holding it right there at the main gate. why would a man do such a thing. of course we'll be live

throughout the evening. our friend sean hannity is coming up. i said sean hannity. megyn kelly will be next. fort men and women behind me in the fox newsdesk. thank you for trusting us with your information. ft. hood on lockdown. a suspected shooter is reported dead. we're expecting the first news conference from ft. hood to be any minute. fox news confirmed four people are dead, including the shooter. 14 people are wounded. authorities are identifying the shooter. if you are interested, you can get his name on other shows like the one that preceded this one and online, but we have decided not to name these mass killers here on the kelly file. we are giving you a sense of how this unfolded. [