2009 Fort Hood shooting
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On November 5, 2009, a terrorist mass shooting took place at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. It was the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base and the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States since the September 11 attacks until it was surpassed by the San Bernardino attack in 2015.
First responders prepare the wounded for transport in waiting ambulances near Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center.
A FN Five-seven pistol similar to that used by Hasan
Bystanders take cover as shots ring out from the Soldier Readiness Processing Center.
A shooting victim being transported to a waiting ambulance
Killeen, Texas
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Killeen is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Bell County. According to the 2020 census, its population was 153,095, making it the 19th-most populous city in Texas and the largest of the three principal cities of Bell County. It is the principal city of the Killeen–Temple–Fort Cavazos Metropolitan Statistical Area. Killeen is 55 miles (89 km) north of Austin, 125 miles (201 km) southwest of Dallas, and 125 miles (201 km) northeast of San Antonio.
Avenue D in downtown Killeen
Killeen High School
Memorial to those killed in the Luby's Massacre