a transportation battalion. the dispute happening just before the shooting began. the morning times is reporting that the argument began over a leave request that lopez had been seeking time off to attend a family matter and became agitated and disrespectful when his request was denied. i spoke with general mark millie who confirmed investigators are looking in to this as a possible trigger for the events. friends have already told us that lopez was angry with the army because he wasn t given enough time off to attend to the death of his mother who died in puerto rico last november. and the army confirms lopez was being treated for depression and anxiety and sleep disorders, that he was on medication and saw a psychiatrist. and he had posted a series of rather cryptic messages on his facebook page including one last march 1 that said i think this time the devil will take me. and obviously investigators are looking much more closely at his social media accounts. you yyo rick, do we kn
a leave request. he was disrespectful when he was told he couldn t have that love. he was told to come back the next day. instead he left and came back in and shot the super voezor. this is manage that investigators are looking at and saying that lopez was having a hard time dealing with the pressures of life and you never know what makes a man snap. two of the dead was members his unit and fergusson of florida whose fiance said he blocked the dorso mq)azlopez couldn t shot sergeant owens who reportedly tried to calm lopez and was shot five times in the chest. and rodriguez had just had 30
rampage of that army post. the alleged shooter ivan lopez killing three people and wounding 16 before turning the gun on himself. rick levinthal has been there since this story broke at ft. hood. joining me live. let me ask you about the latest on what they learned about what may have sparked this shooting. it s much quieter outside the base. there are no news conferences scheduled. we are expected to hear from a congressman less than an hour from now. we are learning more about the circumstances that preceded the shooting wednesday afternoon. there was some verbal dispute between specialistine lopez and members of his unit, trns portation battalion. according to the new york times, the argument began over a leave request. lopez had been seeking time off to attend family matters and
in the moments right before the shooting. the father of him said that lopez walked into the building to get a leave form and apparently was told to come back the following day to pick thaup leave form and the father says that lopez walked out and came back with a gun and that s when he opened fire. jake, we ve heard from sources that investigators are being looking at whether lopez s anger over a canceled leave request might have contributed or triggered him to do what he did on wednesday. they are still trying to figure out that motive, though. pamela brown at ft. hood, texas, thank you so much. you just heard the story of one of the survivors of the attack, sergeant jonathan westbrook. we have his sister on the phone. armetra otis is on her way to see her brother. have you spoken to your brother? how is he doing? he s doing really, really well. we re on our way to see him as
[ inaudible question ] i couldn t hear the question. say that again? the leave request apparently canceled, why did that happen? i don t know that. i don t know the facts on that report of a leave request yet. that s being developed by the investigators, so i don t want to comment on that until i get accurate information on it. [ inaudible question ] no. there s no connection to that that we know of. she was not wounded. [ inaudible question ] going to have to speak up. [ inaudible question ] i don t know. we ve got local law enforcement checking all of that. yes. [ inaudible question ] no indications of any of that.