the shooter is now, according to officials, the shooter may have the shooter is reportedly killed himself from a self-infliktsed wound. joining us now is a security technologist. bruce, given the fact that this is a military base, where the worst shooting on a u.s. military base ever in u.s. history occurred, the fact that something like this is happening just a few years later, from a security perspective, what does that tell you? it really doesn t say anything. these things happen randomly on military bases in schools in cities. ft. hood is a 50,000 person city with a lot of people a lot of pressure, this could just be random. it doesn t necessarily have to mean something. it could. it s really very early, we have no facts. and sort of urge people not to jump to their conclusions and wait and see. let me go back to you, don.
for you momentarily. in 2009, of course, 13 people were killed at ft. hood when army major nadal hassan opened fire on the base. joining me now is nbc news national security analyst don borellie. the fact that the president and the secretary of defense have been informed, the president is making a statement, what does that tell you about this incident? it tells me that obviously in light of past events, we ve had the major hassan shooting in ft. hood, 2009, we ve had the navy yard shooting last fall. the president is going to want to reassure the families that he s going to do whatever it takes to keep our troops safe at home. obviously when they re deployed, they know they re in harm s way, they don t expect to be in harm s way when they re at home. we should not jump to any conclusion, just because the president is going to speak,