UPDATED Friday, November 13, 2009 --- 8:20 a.m.

By ANGELA K. BROWN
Associated Press Writer

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused of killing fellow soldiers at Fort Hood says doctors have told the soldier he may be paralyzed from the waist down.

Attorney John Galligan told The Associated Press on Friday that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan told him that he has no feeling in his legs and doctors say the condition may be permanent. Galligan says Hasan also told him he had extreme pain in his hands.

Hasan was shot by police officers responding to last week's shootings at Fort Hood. Galligan spoke with him Thursday in the intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the attack at the sprawling Texas post that also left 29 people wounded.

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UPDATED Tuesday, November 10, 2009 --- 7:55 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The attorney for the Army psychiatrist accused in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says he's assured the suspect that all of his rights as a defendant in the military justice system will be respected.

Retired Col. John P. Galligan said he found Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to be "coherent" when he met with him Monday. Galligan said on CBS's "The Early Show" that Hasan is "aware that he's a suspect. But there were no formal charges that I could discuss with him."

Galligan said Tuesday he thought it would be difficult for Hasan to get a fair trial at Fort Hood, "given the national media attention that has been focused" on the case.

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UPDATED Tuesday, November 10, 2009 --- 7:50 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI is looking into whether it mishandled early information about the Army major accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood last week.

Nearly a year ago, terrorism investigators conducted an "assessment" of Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. At that time, the agency decided that Hasan didn't pose a threat.

Hasan now stands accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 in Thursday's rampage. Officials say Hasan will be tried in a military court, not a civilian one.

Investigative officials say Hasan had once been under scrutiny from a joint terrorism task force because of the communications with an imam who encouraged Muslims to kill U.S. troops.

FBI Director Robert Mueller is the official ordering the inquiry into his bureau's handling of the case.

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UPDATED Sunday, November 8, 2009 --- 9:15 a.m.

WTMJ, the NBC-affiliated station in Milwaukee, reports the man responsible for the worst mass shooting on a military facility in U.S. history was scheduled to be deployed overseas with a Madison-based reserve unit and two other reserve units.

According to the report, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was to be sent to Afghanistan with Madison's 467th Medical Detachment, the 1908th Medical Detachment from Topeka, Kansas and the 1493rd Combat Stress Detachment from Durham, North Carolina.

Maj. Claudia Jefferson, an Army Reserve Command public affairs officer, said all three of these units and Hasan would be traveling over together and working together with members providing their different talents.

He did not belong to any of the three reserve units, but was "tagged" to join with them because no one in the three units had his psychiatrist credentials, Jefferson said.

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UPDATED Monday, November 9, 2009 --- 1:50 p.m.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- The man accused of killing 13 people and wounding 29 at Fort Hood is able to talk.

A spokesman for Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan has been awake and able to talk since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday. But it's not clear when he'll be interviewed by investigators.

Authorities say he's the only suspect in the shootings, but they haven't determined a motive, and they aren't saying when charges might be filed.

The Army psychiatrist is accused of firing off more than 100 rounds in the processing center at Fort Hood on Thursday before civilian police shot him in the torso.

The suspect is being praised as a "hero" on the Web site of an American Muslim who was a spiritual leader at mosques where three of the 9/11 hijackers worshipped. The imam, who now lives in Yemen, says the only way a Muslim can justify serving in the U.S. military is if he intends to "follow in the footsteps" of men like Hasan.

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UPDATED Monday, November 9, 2009 --- 7:55 a.m.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A U.S. Army spokesman says the man suspected in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition at Texas hospital.

Col. John Rossi told Fox News early Monday that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's condition has not changed since he was taken off a ventilator Saturday.

Hasan is at Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood.

Authorities say the 39-year-old Hasan opened fire at a processing center Thursday at Fort Hood, the country's largest military installation. Thirteen people were killed and 29 were wounded.

The shooting spree ended when a civilian police officer shot Hasan.

Rossi says the center remains a crime scene, but that the base is "working on healing."

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UPDATED Sunday, November 8, 2009 --- 12:55 p.m.

Army: Shooting suspect is critical, but stable

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army spokesman says the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood is in critical but stable condition.

Spokesman Col. John Rossi told reporters on Sunday at Fort Hood that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is still hospitalized in Texas. He was taken off a ventilator on Saturday.

Hasan was shot during an exchange of gunfire during Thursday's attack. The military moved him on Friday to Brooke Medical Center in San Antonio, about 150 miles southwest of Fort Hood.

Thirteen people were killed and 29 others wounded in Thursday's attack at Fort Hood.

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UPDATED Saturday, November 7, 2009 --- 6:45 a.m.

Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Authorities say the Fort Hood shooting suspect cleaned out his apartment, gave food to a neighbor and thanked another for his friendship, common courtesies of a departing soldier.

Officials say Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan then went on the killing spree that left 13 people dead, firing more than 100 rounds.

Investigators have examined Hasan's computer, his home and his garbage. They say the guns used were bought locally, near the Texas base.

Hasan is hospitalized and in a coma after being shot four times. Hospital officials say some of the wounded have extremely serious injuries and might not survive.

Relatives say Hasan felt harassed as a Muslim but was not an extremist.

A recent classmate says Hasan once gave a jarring presentation in which he argued the war on terrorism was a war against Islam.

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UPDATED Saturday, November 6, 2009 --- 6:45 a.m.

Another attack leaves US Muslims fearing backlash

Many Islamic leaders say the Fort Hood shooting could pose the sternest test for U.S. Muslims since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Muslims nationwide are expressing shock, anger and fear that efforts to erase anti-Islamic stereotypes will be eroded in the wake of the shooting.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is accused in the rampage that killed 13 and left him and 29 others wounded.

Hasan is an Army psychiatrist and Muslim who attended his former mosque daily and had an "Allah is Love" bumper sticker on his car.

The confirmation of Hasan's faith has prompted major Muslim groups and mosques to condemn the killings and praise the service of Muslim Americans in the U.S. military.

But some Muslims say they are weary of apologizing for others' actions.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 2:50 p.m.

KILLEEN, Texas (AP) -- A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso.

Police officials say after arriving at the scene of Thursday's gunfire, Sgt. Kimberly Munley saw the suspect and started firing at him.

Munley's boss, Chuck Medley, told The Associated Press on Friday that Hasan then spun around and charged at her with a gun in each hand.

Medley says Munley shot the alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, in the upper torso, allowing officers to take him into custody. Medley says in the exchange of gunfire, Munley was shot in the thighs and wrist.

The 35-year-old Munley is from Pennsylvania, used to be in the Army and is married to a Fort Bragg, N.C. soldier.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 11:50 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Authorities say Fort Hood shooting Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live.

A federal law enforcement official said investigators have not been able to talk to Hasan since the deadly rampage that left 13 people dead and injured 30 others at the sprawling Army post in Texas on Thursday.

The initial investigation shows that Hasan allegedly used only one gun during the attack -- a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol.

Army officials said Hasan also was carrying another handgun. But the law enforcement official said there's nothing so far to indicate the second weapon was fired.

The law enforcement official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 10:45 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the "whole nation is grieving right now" over the mass killings at Fort Hood. He urged people not to jump to conclusions while law enforcement officials gather facts about the shootings.

The president on Friday ordered flags at the White House and other federal agencies to be flown at half-staff until Veterans Day as a tribute to those who lost their lives.

A shooter went on a rampage that left 13 people dead and injured 30 others at the sprawling Army post in Texas. Obama promised to update the nation as his administration learns more about what happened.

The suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was shot and remains hospitalized. The motive for the incident is unclear.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 10:00 a.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The family of the suspected Fort Hood shooter says "the actions of their cousin are despicable and deplorable."

Kim Fuller, a spokeswoman for Nidal Malik Hasan's family says relatives in Northern Virginia are reaching out to law enforcement Friday to offer insight. Authorities have said Hasan is suspected in Thursday's mass killings at Fort Hood military base in Texas.

Hasan's family said in a statement Friday that his actions don't reflect how they were raised in the U.S. Military officials are still trying to piece together what may have pushed the 39-year-old Army psychiatrist, trained to help soldiers in distress, to turn on his comrades.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 10:00 a.m.

Moment of silence set Friday for Fort Hood victims

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has declared a moment of silence for U.S. military forces worldwide as a show of respect for the Fort Hood victims.

The moment of silence is planned for 2:34 p.m. EST Friday -- exactly 24 hours after the shooting in Texas. All U.S. forces worldwide are being asked to participate in the show of respect.

A spokesman says Gates has no immediate plans to travel to Fort Hood.

Army Chief of Staff George Casey and Army Secretary John McHugh arrived at the base Friday.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 9:00 a.m.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A neighbor says an Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage.

Neighbor Patricia Villa says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came over to her apartment on Wednesday morning and told her he was going to be deployed on Friday.

She says he gave her some frozen broccoli, some spinach, T-shirts, shelves and a new Quran, the Muslim holy book. She says he returned on Thursday morning and gave her his air mattress, several briefcases and a desk lamp.

Villa says Hasan then offered her $60 to clean his apartment Friday morning after he supposedly was to leave.

Authorities say Hasan on Thursday went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 7:55 a.m.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- The top commander at Fort Hood is crediting a civilian police officer for stopping the shooting rampage that killed 13 people at the Texas post.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said Friday morning that Sgt. Kimberly Munley and her partner responded within three minutes of reported gunfire Thursday afternoon. Cone said Munley shot the gunman four times despite being shot herself.

Military officials said Munley was in stable condition Friday.

Cone said, "It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer."

Cone also said he was inspired by a woman who helped carry a wounded victim and used her blouse as a tourniquet, then realized she'd been shot in the hip.

The suspected gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is hospitalized on a ventilator.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 7:00 a.m.

AP source: Fort Hood suspect was to deploy to Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense department officials say the Army psychiatrist who opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood was slated for deployment to Iraq.

One of the military officials says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was in the preparation stage of deployment, which can take months. The official said Hasan had indicated he didn't want to go to Iraq but was willing to serve in Afghanistan. The official did not have authorization to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A second military official said Hasan's family has Palestinian roots. There have been reports that he was harassed for his Muslim religion, but the official says there is no indication Hasan filed a complaint within the military about that.

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UPDATED Friday, November 6, 2009 --- 4:04 a.m.

Fort Hood: Another victim of shooting rampage dies

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A military official says one more person has died after being injured during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas.

Post spokesman Tyler Broadway said early Friday that the toll now stands at 13 dead and 30 wounded. Late Thursday, officials said 12 people had been killed and 31 wounded in the afternoon attack.

The victims' identities haven't been released.

The suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was on a ventilator and unconscious in a hospital late Thursday. The Army psychiatrist was shot four times after the rampage began around 1:30 p.m.

The motive for the shootings isn't clear, but Hasan was apparently set to deploy soon. He also had expressed some anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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UPDATED Thursday, November 5, 2009 --- 8:16 p.m.

NOTE: Wisconsin State Journal is reporting a Madison-based unit, the 467th Combat Stress Control Army Reserve Detachment, had soldiers training at the facility at the time of the shooting.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A U.S. Army spokesman says the Fort Hood shootings suspect is alive and was not killed by authorities responding to the attack.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone also says the death toll from the attack remains 12 after another victim died.

Authorities said immediately after Thursday's attack that they had killed the suspected shooter. But Cone now says the suspected shooter is alive and stable condition.

Cone offered little explanation to reporters at a news conference as to why the suspect was believed dead, saying only there was confusion at the hospital.

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UPDATED Thursday, November 5, 2009 --- 8:00 p.m.

AP sources: Authorities had concerns about suspect

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials say the suspected Fort Hood, Texas, shooter had come to their attention at least six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats.

The officials say the postings appeared to have been made by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was killed during the shooting incident that left least 11 others dead and 31 wounded. The officials say they are still trying to confirm that he was the author. They say an official investigation was not opened.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case.

One of the Web postings that authorities reviewed is a blog that equates suicide bombers with a soldier throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of his comrades.

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UPDATED Thursday, November 5, 2009 --- 6:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressman's office: 2 soldiers taken into custody in Fort Hood shootings have been released.

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UPDATED Thursday, November 5, 2009 --- 6:15 p.m.

US Sen: Suspected Fort Hood shooter set to deploy

By APRIL CASTRO and DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writers

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says the Army major accused of the shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, was about to deploy overseas.

Hutchison says she was told about the upcoming deployment by generals based at Fort Hood. But it was unclear if he was headed to Iraq or Afghanistan and exactly when he was scheduled to leave.

Military officials in Washington say the suspected shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July.

The soldier is accused of opening fire on the base on Thursday in a shooting that left 11 other people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman and apprehended two other soldiers.

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UPDATED Thursday, November 5, 2009 --- 5:42 p.m.

Wis. woman says her daughter injured at Fort Hood

By COLIN FLY
Associated Press Writer

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A Random Lake woman says her daughter was shot in the stomach at Fort Hood, Texas, but is stable at an area hospital.

Lisa Pfund says her daughter, 19-year-old Amber Bahr, was shot during an attack that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded at the Army base.

A Fort Hood public affairs officer would not confirm any identities of the injured.

Pfund told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that she didn't know anything more than Bahr had been shot and that she hoped to get more details soon. She talked to emergency room personnel, who filled her in on her daughter's condition.

Pfund says her daughter joined the Army reserves when she was 17 and she last saw her in May. She was unsure of Bahr's rank or unit.

Random Lake is about 35 miles north of Milwaukee.

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UPDATED Thursday, November 5, 2009 --- 5:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A law enforcement official says a shooting suspect at Fort Hood has been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.

The official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at the base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

The official says investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name, or if he changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point in his life.

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