thank you very much. >> that's lieutenant general mark a. milleyving the press conference with the most definitive information we've gotten tonight. and we'll recap for you. one reminder programming wise, we're expecting a hospital presser coming up any minute. when that happens, we'll bring that to you live. we know the soldier fired shots at the first medical brigade, also within the transportation brigade, that ft. hood went into lockdown. that lockdown ended about 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight. we know that the shooter is a male, he died of a self-inflicted wound. more information on him in a minute. there's no evidence they said it was linked to terror, but they're not ruling it out. three other victims killed. injured is at 16. they're being treated at a local hospital. as the lieutenant general said, the focus is on the family of those that have been injured and those that have lost loved ones from the feamilitary standpointd they're asking the public for any information that they might have. they've been through this once before. other things

lieutenant general mark a. milley>> good evening, i'd like to start off first with condolences to the killed and wounded soldiers here at fort hood. from an incident this afternoon, approximately 1600 or 4:00 p.m. today, a soldier assigned to command expeditionary, fired shots at individuals within the area here, within the first medical brigade area and the 49th transportation battalion area. post meadly went into lock down and we have now lifted the lock down as of 30 or 45 minutes ago. within 15 minutes first responders with the military police and military services responded to the scene, engaged the shooter, and the shooter dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. in regard to the investigation, at this time, there is no indication that this incident is related to terrorism. although we are not ruling anything out and the investigation continues. an investigation by various law enforcement officers at federal level from atf and fbi, at the state level from the texas rangers, the texas state police along with loc

gentlemen, the commanding general of the third armored corps in fort hood, lieutenant general mark a. milleyral and mrs. dempsey, general and mrs. odierno, lieutenant governor duhearst, visitors, civilians, and most of all, the family and friends of our wounded warriors, thank you all for being here today. and we sincerely and from our heart of hearts appreciate your presence and your support and your compassion as we struggled through a very difficult time. today we mourn. we mourn for those we lost one week ago on april 2nd. and today we honor the lives they led. the three fallen soldiers came from hometowns as far apart as puerto rico, central illinois. they had different hobbies and passions and they all had different lives. but they were united by a single desire. a desire to serve their country and their willingness to answer their nation's call in time of war. to the families of the fallen, although all of our words you hear today are inadequate in the face of the magnitude of your loss, we want you all to know that we here at fort hood, we here in central texas, we here in the united

last month, lopez went through a psychiatrist investigation. commander mark milley called lopez's mental state a fundamental underlying cause. on we have very strong evidence auat he had a medical history a at indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition. oriseporter: preliminary searches of terrorist databases have revealed no connections with any terror group, and sources say lopez had no significant criminal record. now, investigators are utterviewing lopez's family, and s, tg through his computer files, trying to find some explanation for the attack. federal officials say lopez purchased the weapon used in the matack, a .45-caliber smith & wesson semi-automatic pistol, on march 1 at guns galore, a gun dhop near the fort hood base. lopez passed a background check and registered the gun in his name. guns galore is the same store where major nidal hassan bought the gun he used in a 2009 rampage. while the motive in this latest case is still unknown, scott, investigators say there is clear pridence of preplanning. lopez smuggled the gun on to the e se w

i would like to introduce lieutenant general mark a. milley and senator john cornyn. someeneral will make remarks and senator cornyn will make some remarks, and then they will take questions after that. please raise your hand and wait to be called on, and then we will take remarks and move from there. without further ado, general milley and senator cornyn. >> good afternoon. again, condolences to the families of the fallen, and our compassion and condolences for all of those who were injured in this affair for all of their families. we are working closely with all of them at this time. right now would like a bright unit of a. i won't repeat the information i provided yesterday or last night, but and up eight on the shooting incident that happened yesterday. first, i want to announce that wewithout further have positived and are able to release, the next of kin have been out of five, the alleged shooter was ivan a lopez, 34 years old, originally from order rico. specialist lopez was assigned to the 49th transportation movement control battalion of the 13th sustainment

we're standing by for a news conference from the commanding officer, commander general at fort hood, lieutenant general mark milleytest details. number of people killed, number of people injured, where we go from here. who was the shooter. was there a motivation. was there any political motivation? what's going on. we're going to be hearing from lieutenant general mark milley, the commander general at fort hood. we're told momentarily. we'll have live coverage of course here on cnn. in the meantime let's bring in our justice correspondent, pamela brown. she's got some new information. what are you learning, pamela? >> reporter: we're learning from sources, wolf, that the shooter in this case used a semiautomatic handgun. again learning from sources it's believed that the shooter used a semiautomatic handgun. we know that atf agents are there on the scene right now. they're going to be look at where this handgun was purchased, how the shooter obtained it and so forth. so in this early stage in this investigation, it is believed again that the shooter used a semiautomatic handgun. and also we're learning from source

a live news conference. it looks like it is beginning at fort hood. the post's commander, lieutenant general mark milley, is going to speak to reporters shortly just in a matter of minutes, seconds. we will have his live remarks in just a moment. we're going to take a quick break. and we'll be back in just a moment. this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. ♪ [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. >>> a news conference on the fort hood shooting is just beginning. lieutenant general mark milley is speaking. let's listen in. >> an update on the incident and the investigation that happened last wednesday. and at the end i'll allow again your opportunity to ask a few questions. i had an opportunity this morning to visit some of the wounded again. and i just

2009 ended up losing her job because she was a civilian and the army did not renew the contract so she ended up losing her job. >> the base commander mark milleyhere was a chaplain who shielded soldiers from gunfire while one of the incidents of the shootings was going on. shielded them from gunfire, broke a window, and got some of the soldiers out and they are not releasing that chaplain's name either. another hero on the scene yesterday. >> thank you very much, brian. good report. a lot more information to share with all of you. we're taking you over to the twitter account for the next 15 minutes to answer your question about this story. tweet your questions and use #sitroom. >>> the ft. hood gunman killed three people, 16 others were wounded. we have an update on their condition now from dr. steven sibbett, chief medical officer at the scott & white memorial hospital. thank you for the work that the men and women of your hospital are doing. what's the latest as far as those that are wounded are concerned? >> thank you, wolf. what i can share with you is we received three critically wounded individuals and six seriously wounded soldiers. cur

mark milley. we will go to that clip in a moment.no motive was given for what was the second mass shooting in five years at the country's largest military base. it was the third shooting at a military base in the united states in about six months, including the shooting spree in september that left 12 people dead at the washington navy yard. hasanear, major nidal sentenced to death for committing the worst attack on u.s. base in history, killing 13 fellow soldiers and injuring scores of others at fort hood in 2009. defense secretary chuck hagel said the repeated soldier on soldier attacks on military installations suggest "something is not working." >> is the fort hood investigation unfolds, we will continue to take a close look to identify any new lessons learned and implement those as well. in the meantime, we will all stay focused on the victims and their families in the fort hood community who yet again, are experiencing a terrible tragedy and much grief. >> for more we're joined by three guests. from his home near fort hood, tex

a short time. lieutenant general mark milley will be, we're told, telling this names of all of the victims. the three ted and 16 who -- three dead and 16 who were hurt or wounded. the governor and senator cruz were both here speaking a short time ago, and really went into some pretty compelling detail about the heroism, the resilience and commitment of not just the service members here but also their family members, and the first responders who were on scene, and talked about how the focus should be on those people right now. >> you still see it in the eyes of the people you meet, see it in the handshake they fifth you. the strength of these people. they will recover. they'll recover from this latest tragedy. they'll heal their wounds and we'll go forward. learn lessons about what occurred here and to minimize the chances of this ever happening again. >> reporter: and we saw an example today of the resilience of some of these people. one of the wounded penned a note to the staff at darnell army medical center asking how everyone was doing and then writing, let everyone know i'm doing good a

. >> reporter: these are battlefield crosses, a front line tribute to soldiers lost in action. fort hood commander lieutenant general mark milley eulogized his men. >> staff sergeant carlos lazaeny rodriguez, on april 2nd he was tragically just months away from a well-earned retirement. sergeant timothy owens, in 2005 he deployed for an entire year, in support of operation "iraqi freedom." and there he earned his combat action badge under fire. sergeant first class daniel fergueson, he was shot as he held a door closed to protect a room full of other soldiers. he put himself in the line of fire to save them. >> reporter: this was the second time president obama had to come to fort hood after a mass shooting. the first was in 2009 following the attack that killed 13. >> like the 576 fort hood soldiers who have given their lives in iraq and afghanistan, they were taken from us much too soon. like the 13 americans we lost five years ago, their passing shakes our soul. >> reporter: today's tribute ended with a first sergeant calling the names of the dead soldiers. >> sergeant first class daniel fergueson. >> reporter: it is known a

a traumatic brain injury in combat. late today, lieutenant general mark milley told us that so far investigators haven't found anything to back that up. >> so far, we have not discovered any specific dramatic event, wounds received in action, contact with the enemy, or anything else specific that he may have been exposed to his e deployed. his underlying medical nnditions are not a direct precipitating factor. we believe that the immediate precipitating factor was more likely an escalating argument in his unit area. >> reporter: the argument was between lopez and some of his fellow soldiers. he said that some of the people who were involved in the verbal altercations were victims but you're saying they weren't targets. so there seems to be a conflict there. >> hyou explain? >> there was no premeditated targeting of an individual in the sense of walking into specifically target a specific individual. there's no indication of that. reere was an argument. it escalated. >> reporter: all three of the deceased were described as s ancated soldiers. 38-year-old carlos lazaney joined the military when he was 18 and was set to ret

a second building. military police caught up to him as he started shooting in that second building. lieutenant general mark milley says lopez took his own life when one of the military police officers confronted him. "it was clearly heroic what she did at that moment in time, and she did her job, and she did exactly what we would expect of a united states military police" ivan lopez had only been stationed at fort hood since february, and had previously served four months in iraq. military officials say lopez was being treated for depression and anxiety, and was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder. "obviously, we are digging fifth deep into his background, any criminal or psychiatric off history, his experiences in combat." fast fan neighbors tried to console lopez's wife. "she was worried and she was crying, and she had a little girl with her, and i tried to console her and comfort her and let her know that everything was ok." as far as i knew he was a nice guy guy. he always smiled and waved. and that's about it. the shooting bears a sad resemblance to the 2009 mass shooting at fort hood. when ma

mark milley said they have been looking into specialist lopez's past. they had found in his combat experience in iraq where he was reportedly a truck driver, no combat withmy, no specific wounds. they've concluded, as of now, that the underlying medical condition he had presumably if this was posttraumatic stress, anxiety, sleeplessness, that none of that was a precipitating factor. that it was more like the confrontation. i find that -- that doesn't make sense to me. it makes sense in terms of the shooting the individuals and the altercation but then he went to two other building and apparently shot randomly. >> when you have an altercation, it's not normal to look for somebody and shoot them. it's not giving the full depth and understanding. we also know that most tbis -- >> traumatic brain injuries? >> are not related to combat. falls, fights, whatever it is. so we need to find out. i don't know how much is accurate or true, but that can affect a person's thinking and can add to anxiety and worries because it does affect your balance, your stability, your visual perception. and those can contribute to a posttraumatic stress disorder. they have also re

just happened 24 hours ago, and we've already learned quite a bit about the gunman, including perhaps the motive from lieutenant general mark milley who is the commanding officer at ft. hood. he said he believes there's very strong evidence that the medical history of ivan lopez can explain why he opened fire yesterday afternoon. listen. >> it was mentioned yesterday there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers and there's a strong possibility that that in fact immediately preceded the shooting. >> reporter: so there may have been some kind of verbal altercation that may have sparked the shooting, but a very good question we should ask, eric, is why was he carrying the gun in the first place because he wasn't authorized to do so on post. >> rick, during all of these news conferences that we've been listening to, has anyone outlined whether he was on any sort of medication, any sort of anti-depressants? >> reporter: yes, the general said yesterday he was on some sort of anti-depressant, and then we heard in more detail today he was also prescribed ambien for sleep disorders. a guy who was suffering from

marks as far as military career was concerned. but, yes, we are hearing about that possible fight before he opened fire allegedly on the post. the lieutenant general mark milley commented yesterday. take a. >> there was mentioned yesterday there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers and there is a strong possibility that that in fact immediately preceded theç shooting. >> some of the soldiers here on the post were exchanging text messages saying they thought there was some sor altercation with a superior officer about taking some paid time off. i think they were saying he was upset because that wasn't granted. as far as mental state is concerned, you mentioned at the top of the show, that drug cocktail, a mixture of drugs we're hearing he was taking, some antidepressants for depression, anxiety, ambien to help him sleep and was being evaluated for ptsd. a mixture of different types of drugs we're being told. as far as the gun isç concerned, he bought that on march 1 from a store called guns galore. it's here in killeen, texas. there's a picture of the gun shop. it's also the same shop, which is very chilling, that the fort hood shooter back in 2009 bought

but this was a deeply troubled man according to fort hood's command officer lieutenant general mark milley, who says the shooter had an unstable psychiatric condition, likely the fundamental underlying cause of the shooting. and the trigger event may have been some sort of argument with other soldiers just before the shooting began. >> it was mentioned yesterday there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers, and there's a strong possibility that that in fact immediately preceded the shooting. >> reporter: the shooter had claimed he suffered a traumatic brain injury overseas, but the army says he was never really in combat and was never wounded. and the shooter claimed ptsd and was being tested for it but was never given that diagnosis. he'd only been here at fort hood a few weeks after a routine transfer from fort bliss, and friends back in puerto rico say he was deeply devastated by the loss of his mother back in november and his grandfather just a short time before that. but losing a family member doesn't typically trigger a mass shooting and now investigators

. >> the response was swift -- >> reporter: at a press conference wednesday night, lieutenant general mark milley praised the work of his team and the female officer who confronted the suspect. general, how would you describe what she did today? >> clearly heroic what she did. at that moment in time. and she did her job and she did exactly what we would expect of a united states army military police. >> reporter: president obama, who eulogized the victims of the 2009 shooting addressed the ft. hood community wednesday night. >> we're heartbroken that something like this might have happened again. >> reporter: lieutenant general milley says the community is resilient. >> we know the soldiers and the civilians and the families of this fort, who served so bravely in combat over the last 13 years in both iraq and afghanistan, are strong, and we will get through this. >> reporter: one big question authorities have not been able to address here is motive. why lopez committed the shooting? they do know the gun he used was purchased recently here locally, and it was not registered as required on base. >>

a longer retirement. ♪ >>> welcome back. throughout the latest fort hood tragedy, commanding general mark milley has been called on to deliver worst news imaginable. today he also delivered some welcome details on the servicemen and women, some of them tested in combat, who rose to the occasion here at home. >> there were folks inside some of these buildings who performed ver heroic personal acts in saving others. there's at least one chaplain that i'm aware of that shielded and saved other soldiers, broke some windows, got them to safety. i think the performance of the medical staff, initial performance of medical staff at darnell was exceptional. i've seen a lot of medical staffs perform at combat. the performance at darnell and performance at scott and white easily rose to those of combat standards. at 1616 hours yesterday is the first 911 call. that call was made by two wounded soldiers who in and of themselves demonstrated heroism and presence of mind to go ahead and make a 911 call. you've gottan in stalgs that's strong, resilient, we're professional soldiers. a very high percentage of combat veterans here. so the mora

marks, i want to start with you. we learned a lot from the general. what struck you? >> the secretary indicated he laid out the details and reiterated what mark milleynight at the press conference. what we realize is primarily we're going to get to the bottom of what happened and why it happened. there's already an ongoing deep investigation. i can tell you, they know more about specialist lopez now clearly than before. we'll be able to start to unravel why this took place. i think what the general indicated is that as a result of we learned from the shooting in 2009, ft. hood was more readily able to respond and be in a position to take the challenge. the question is how did the soldier with mental issues and challenges was able to get a weapon on post and be able to do this heinous act? frankly it's not difficult if you want to do this to make it happen. clearly he demonstrated that. >> barbara, what struck me is when the general was describing what this man was going through. was depressed, had anxiety problems, sleep disturbances. he saw a psychiatrist in the last month. the plan forward was to monitor him. that sounds so familiar like what happ

a vehicle and fire opened fire again. >> he got no fort hood this year. what we don't know is what set him off. according to the base commander, general mark milley, he was being treated for behavior and mental health issue, specifically deexpression and anxiety and you was taking medication. he served four months in iraq in 2011 and claimed a traumatic brain injury but was not wounded in action according to the army. he may have claimed he had ptsd but he had not been diagnosed with post traumatic stress syndrome. the army says he bought his.45 smith and wesson off the post recently but didn't verge with army officials like he was righted to do and it is still unclear why he entered the medical brigade and opened fire yesterday. he left that building, got in his in his vehicle continued firing. he went into a second building where the transportation was headquarter. he was cornered this a parking lot, raised his hands and then reached for his gun under his jacket and that's what a female mmop drew her weapon and he put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger. >> at that moment in time, she did her job and she was doing exactly what we would e

a vehicle, got out of vehicle, walked into another building and opened fire again. >> woodruff: about 20 minutes after the incident began, the gunman shot and killed himself. today, general mark milley confirmed his identity as specialist ivan lopez of puerto rico. as for what sparked the shooting... >> we're trying to figure out what the trigger event was. it was mentioned yesterday there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers, and there's a strong possibility that that in fact immediately preceded the shooting. but we do not have that definitively at this point, but do have strong indications of that. >> woodruff: more information emerged at a senate hearing today. the secretary of the army, john mchugh, said there's no documentation that lopez suffered traumatic brain injury, or t.b.i., in iraq despite one official's citing reports that lopez had "self-reported" this. >> he did have two deployments, including one approximately four-month deployment to iraq as a truck driver. his records show no wounds, no involvement, no direct involvement in combat. as general milley said, there's no record of purple heart or any injury that might lead us to further

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