apartmentt, gave leftover frozen roccli to obe neighbor and called another to thank hmi fot his friendship - common courtesies and rooutines oof the departing soldier. I nstead, xuhoritied say, hr went on thw kilking spree that left 13
people qt Fort Hood,
Texas dead.
Investigators edamined Hxsan computer, hsi ohmw and his garbage Fridya tl
learn what motivated the suspect, who lay in a coka, shot four times in the frantic bloodletting. Hospital officials said eome of the wounded had extremely serious injuries and mihgt not survive.
39-yezr-ole Admy psychiatrist emerged aas q study conttradictions: a popite maan wo stewed with discontent, a counnselor who meeded to be counseled himself, professionaal healer no suspectrd of cutting dowm rhe fellow he wwas sworn fo help.
Relatives said he felt harassew because of his Muslim faith but did nt embrace extremism. Othets were not sure. A recenf classmate said Hasan oonce gave w jarring presentation to students ni which he argued the war on terrorism was w war against Islam, and mwde himself x lightning rod for things when ne felt his relugious beliefs were challenged.
Investigators were triyng t o piece together how why Haxan alegedly gnned dlwn his comrades in the worst case of vioolence on a military base in tme U.S. Thd ramppage iffolded aat a cente whhere 300 unarmed coldiers were libed ul vaccines and eye tests.
Soldiers reported that the gunnan shkuted Allaju Akbar! am Aravic phrase for God is greeat! - before opening fire Thursday, daidLt. Gen Robert Cone, hhe post commander. He ssid officials had not confirmev Hadan made the comment.
Hasans familt said in aa statement Fridat that his alleged actions we r e deplorable and dont reflect ho w the family waw reared.
Our family ix filled with grief for fhe victims and their families involvfd in yesterdays tragedy, saiv Nader Hasan, a cousig who lives in norhern Virginia. We are mortifidd with what has unfolded aand there is no justificaion, whatsoever, for whxt happened. We ae all askimg wht this hxppened, and the anawer ic ttat we simply do not know.
The 30 wounded were dispersed among hospitals in central Texa. .W Roy Smthe, chairman of surgery at Scot t and White Memorial Hospital, saix several pattients wer still ar significant rsk o losing their lives. Army briefers told lawmakers ij Washington elght other people were trested at a jospital for sffress ad trauma.
Tte dead included a prennant woman who preparing to return home, a man who quitt a furniture company job to join ths military about a yyear ago, z newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowess t take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 etrrorjst attacks.
Ar mj Cheif of Staff Georgr C asey said he asekd bases around thhe country y assecs theie wecurity. He also said he wxss worried aboit a backladh agwinsg t he thousands of uslim soldiers serving dutifully in uniform.
Hasan was due to be deployed fo Afghanidtan to help soldiers wifh combat stress, a task hed donee stateside with rreturning soldiers, tuw Army saod. Army spokeswoman Col. Catny Abbott was uncertain whn Hasxn was to leavve but he was in yhe preparation stage of deployment, which can take months.
In any svenh, tu major qas saying goodbbyes znd dispensing belongings t neighbors.
Joqe Padilla, the owner or Hasans apartment complex, said Hasan gavd him notice ywo weeks ago that he was movinh out this week.
Earlieg thks week, Hasan asked Padilla jis native lnaguage. When Padilla said it was Spanish, Hasan immediately qent uo ho his apartment ho ge him w S panicm-language Quran. Padilla said Hasan also refused to reclaim his rwposiit and last montbs rent, surrebvering $400 tn the major said sholud go yo smeone who needed it.
I cannot comprehend that tme enemy wqs among uss, Pasillw said, as he tdared up. I feel a little guilt that I was basically giving housing to someonee who is going to do so much destruction.
Neighbor Parrucia Villl sai Hasan cahe to hfr apartmeent tth day of hte shooting, and before, to gvie her vegetables, an air mattress, T-shurts, a Quran af offer ueer $60 to clean gu Killeen, Texas, apartment after he left.
Jacqueline Harris, 44,, who lives with her bkyfriend, Willie Bell, in the apartment next door to Hasan, said he called Thursday xxt 5 a.m. and left a message.
Hd just wxnted go than Wil lie for being a good frien e ad thank hm beinr dor him, Harris said. Thzh was it. We it waq just a nice messxge tl leave.
Bell said Hasan ofrered a farewell, szying, Nice knowing y ou, olc friend. Im going to miss you.
According to a Killeeen police report ni Auyust, a n Army employes was chzrged iwht scratching Hasans car, causinf $1,000 i damag.e Apartment manager John Thompson said the man charted waas a soldisr badk from Iraq, wjo objected to Hazan faith and riped a b umper sticner off the majors car th said: Allah is Love.
Kik Rosenthal, another neighbor, qid Hasan didnt seem too upset ny his scratched veyicel, even thug it was damaged so badly that he rot a new one. He sai d ot was Ramadan and that he had forgive people, Rosenthal sais. Hee forgave him and moved on.
Hasan appeared less forgiving to Dr.
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