he had great initiative. he showed a great, great leadership and a very great military discipline. he was seen just last month by a psychiatrist. he was fully examined. and as of this morning, we had no indication on the record of that examination that there was any sign of likely violence, either to himself or to others, no suicidal ideation. you said hello to him? you ve talked to him? yesterday. what did he seem like? he seemed pretty fine, happy. he didn t seem like, you know, the type that would do what he did. well, one of the people killed in the ft. hood rampage has been identified as army sergeant timothy owens. his family in illinois talked about him with cnn affiliate wics. he didn t answer the phone, so i left a message on his
soldie soldiers in the organization, and he has dynamic leadership. specialist lopez was an outstanding soldier with great initiative. he showed a great, great leadership and a very great military discipline. he was seen just last month by a psychiatrist. he was fully examined. and as of this morning, we had no indication on the record of that examination that there was any sign of likely violence, either to himself or to others, no suicidal ideation. you ve said hello to him, you ve talked to him? yesterday. what did he seem like? he seemed pretty fine, happy. he didn t seem like, you know, the type that would do what he did. well, one of those killed in the ft. hood rampage has been identified as army sergeant timothy owens. his family in illinois talked about him to our affiliate,
the type that would do what he did. one of those killed in the ft. hood rampage has been identified as army sergeant timothy owens. owens family in illinois talked about him to cnn s affiliate. he didn t answer the phone, so i left a message, son, call me so i know if you re okay or not. well, never got no call from him. i thought, oh, god, please don t let it be. he was just a very honorable, you know, individual. and like i say, i don t think he knew any strangers. everybody that he met i believe that tim got along with them. heart breaks for them. this morning 3 of the 16 people wounded in the ft. hood shooting are still in the hospital, and doctors, of course, say it is far too soon to determine what the long-term impact of their injuries will be. one trauma surgeon tells cnn their initial response to the deadly rampage was this i think that the first
this morning on world news now, ft. hood rampage, the fatal gunfire at the nation s largest army base. the victims killed and the gunman who had psychiatric problems. he seemed like a pretty good guy. i mean, he was always smiling and waving whenever i saw him. tragedy for a military community no stranger to heartache. a coal mining disaster that killed 29 people. the victims families point finger. he s a murderer, he s the devil. many answers to the top executive in an abc news investigation. and finding balance. a working mom s advice to other parents overwhelmed by career and family demands. it could help you. it s thursday, april 3rd. from abc news, this is world news now.
i m correct, on salary? until convicted? he s received $300,000 since the shootings. you re innocent until proven guilty but one of the bizarre things about this whole trial is that nadal hassan has never denied that he was the shooter. in fact he tried throughout the hearings over the months to take credit for doing the shootings and in june he was upset because he the judge said you can t tell the prospective jurors that you shot those people and nadal h hassan wanted to plead guilty and they would not allow him. under military law if you have the chance of being sentenced to death you can t plead innocent. one of the things people are forgetting about this whole case is the fact that years before the ft. hood rampage, people who worked with him and supervised him at walter reed where he was a psychiatrist, some of them had serious concerns about this guy. they had conversations actually in the year before ft. hood where they wondered could nadal