Nov 05, 2009 22:43
I cannot believe what happened at Fort Hood today. i'm still in shock. My little brother, Casey. is a Staff Sgt. and is stationed at fort hood.
Casey was supposed to be in the Readiness center, where the guy opened fire, at the time of the shooting. Luckily he got held up at in a briefing and was on his way there when the shooting started
12 soldiers died and over 30 injured. To think that they went to iraq and survived in a combat zone, just to come home to their base and get killed or shot by one of their own.
I haven't been able to get through to casey yet, but he texted my dad and said that he was okay. I can't even imagine what he's going through. He's already lost so many friends in iraq and i'm sure he knew some of the people injured or killed today. So senseless.
I am glad that the shooter didn't kill himself or get killed by someone else. That's always how these mass shootings end, with the killer ending his own life. Apparently he was shot and then arrested. He'll be rotting in a federal jail for rest of his worthless life.
okay i'm off to bed.