shootings in just five years. and there are still so many unanswered questions about the shooter. specialist ivan lopez, and what drove him to kill. he s been described as an outstanding soldier, a husband and father of three. beneath that smile, no one saw signs that he was capable of senseless killing. what, then, made ivan lopez snap? there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers. reporter: lopez, a 34-year-old army specialist, served four months in iraq and never saw combat. he had a clean record. but recently showed signs of emotional distress. he was undergoing a variety of treatment and diagnoses for mental health conditions, ranging from depression to anxiety. reporter: he was also being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, but psychiatrists saw no indication of the horror to come. using a semi-automatic handgun, lopez killed three of his fellow
shootings in just five years. and still so many unanswered questions about the shooter, specialist ivan lopez, and what drove him to kill. he s been described as an outstanning soldier, a husband and father of three. beneath that smile, no one saw signs that he was capable of senseless killing. what, then, made ivan lopez snap? there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers. reporter: lopez, a 34-year-old army specialist, served four months in iraq and never saw combat. he had a clean record. but recently showed signs of emotional distress. he was undergoing a variety of treatment and diagnoses for mental health conditions, ranging from depression to anxiety. reporter: he was also being evacuated for post-traumatic stress disorder, but psychiatrists saw no indication of the horror to come. using a semi-automatic handgun, lopez killed three of his fellow
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this is world news now, with john muller and diana perez. welcome in on this friday. finally friday. oh, my goodness. first full week back. my first full week back. i missed doing that on fridays. every friday we would give each other high-fives. i actually trucked through and woke up five days in a row. how are you feeling? i m completely exhausted. i m going to sleep all weekend. i have kids at home. i m exhausted, too. don t worry about it. good morning to you. good morning to all of you. we start this morning with details we re learning about the soldier who shot 19 people wednesday in ft. hood in texas. ivan lopez killed three fellow soldiers, he wounded 16 others before killing himself. this morning we re learning lopez may have argued with fellow soldiers before, possibly right before, that attack. but those who knew lopez are just stunned. it was very traumatic. everyone was in tears. you have some teenagers. they were upset about it. the only one that, you
was the 3-year-old daughter. you know, he seemed perfectly fine. and it was just it s mind-blowing, really. among the victims killed in the attack 37-year-old army sergeant timothy owens of illinois, just married last august. among the wounded, 32-year-old major patrick miller of western new york. while investigators work on trying to figure out a motive for this tragedy, we re learning more about the gunman and his struggle with mental health issues. we do know ivan lopez had a history of depression and anxiety. abc s martha raddatz has more on that from washington. reporter: ivan lopez spent nearly half his life in the army, serving as peacekeeper and infantryman in the deserts of iraq. first joining the guard in his native puerto rico where his former supervisor had nothing but praise. so you would say he was an outstanding soldier? that s correct.