Theres good news tonight about the soldiers wounded this week at fort hood. 10 have been released from the hospital and returned to duty. The six still being treated are all improving. Three who were in Critical Condition have been upgraded to fair. Late today, the army announced a Memorial Service next wednesday for the three who died. Sergeant first class Daniel Ferguson of tampa, florida. Sergeant timothy, owens of effingham, illinois. And Staff Sergeant Carlos Lazaney of puerto rico. As for what drove specialist ivan lopez to kill them before taking his own life, the army today was downplaying any Mental Health issues. We have two reports. First, anna werner at fort hood. Anna. Reporter scott, ivan lopez had complained to military doctors that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury in combat. Late today, Lieutenant General mark milley told us that so far investigators havent found anything to back that up. So far, we have not discovered any specific dramatic event, wounds receive
Good evening on this friday night. As we bring you new details emerging late today about a moment a soldier became a mass shooter. Abcs david muir has new clues about the gunmans Mental Health and stories of survivors who described what it was like to be face to face with him. Once again, david is reporting from the scene at ft. Hood. David muir. Reporter diane, good evening. For the first time the detailed account from inside that room, those horrific moments when that Army Specialist opened fire. Tonight, a mother and father on their way to see their son, Sergeant Jonathan westbrook, shot four times. One of the first hit, he survived. The eldest westbrook driving from mississippi to texas, telling us his son revealing how it played out. He was shot four times . He was shot four times. Reporter what did your son tell you about what he witnessed before the shooting . The soldier had come into his office and hed had some words with my sons supervisor. And he was asking for a form to exe
Good evening. With a death toll of 4 and 16 wounded, all of them members of the u. S. Military, all of them shot by one man on home soil, tonight the u. S. Army launched a massive investigation into what went wrong and into security within the confines of ft. Hood in texas. The massive home to so much of our nations infantry and mechanized forces. For the ft. Hood community and the u. S. Army, its a second tragedy of course in five years. For the families of the departed, there is only mourning and sadness along with the lingering question of why. We have it covered tonight from texas to puerto rico, the home of the alleged gunman here and one of the victims. Nbcs mark potter starts us off from ft. Hood. Mark, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. Were learning more tonight about the events leading up to the shooting. Officials dont believe this was a premeditated killing spree. Investigators say they believe shooting suspect ivan lopez acted alone after a confrontation with othe
And those theyre using that word specific very deliberately, kyung, arent they . Because they have a sense that this is an area, potentially, potentially, based on a lot of calculations that could produce some important results. A very educated guess. Thats what we keep hearing. It is on science, its on numbers, its on whatever the mathematicians have been able to figure out. So again an educated guess, but yes, theyre trying to narrow it because they have the suspicion that it may be out there in those particular areas. The ocean shield and the echo, two of the ships in the area right now, they really have the clock ticking because we only have what, three, four, five days left before the batteries dry up for those black boxes that are emitting those pings, if you will. And after that, it becomes in effect a whole new ball game if youre not going to be able to try to find those pingers, the source of the indication where those black boxes are. And it may be at that point, wolf, that t
The south indian ocean. Remember, the shelf life for the batteries in these black boxes are about to expire. This comes as australia takes charge. Lets bring in Matthew Chance live from perth, australia. Matthew . Reporter thanks. Were in a new phase in the efforts to try and find malaysian flight 370. Probes search beneath the search to find the missing airliner. Today, the underwater search begins. Two naval vechl vessels now on location scouring a 150mile track. The unmanned underwater robot and black box detector, Australian Authorities say theyre confident. The area of the highest probability as to where the aircraft might have entered the water is the area where the underwater search will commence. Reporter but the ocean shield is working against time. We are now getting pretty close to the time when it might expire. Reporter today, australia announced theyre a partner in the investigation with malaysia and theyre taking the lead in the search. This as 14 aircraft and nine ships