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Predato predatory, violent, well thought out. it is inconsistent with someone who s debilitated by a mental i llness. again, i want to distinguish 2009 from this shooting as historically as we can. i would argue that wasn t a mental health situation at all. that s why we received the death penalty. again, looking at this situation, you then have the other side of the mental health analysis which is, well, was it being properly treated. and if it wasn t, did that then allow yet another unstable person to be in proximity of a weapon and be able to use it and hurt others like we see in so many other mass shootings. what about that side of it? absolutely. it could be another risk factor. if there wasn t treatment or if the individual didn t like the treatment or the individual wanted them to say you do have ....
And this thing happen again. reporter: authorities scramble to the scene shutting the front gates, backing up traffic, urging everyone to stay put. the lone shooter identified as specialist ivan lopez, an american soldier toting a.45 caliber smith and wes son handgun purchased recently. he was undergoing treatment for psychological and psychiatric issues. reporter: he opened fire, killing three people and injuring more than a dozen before taking his own life. it was he row wick what she did at that moment in time. she did her job. she did exactly what we would ....
Evaluated at ft. hood for possible post-traumatic stress. he was undergoing treatment for anxiety and depression. and he had recently purchased the handgun. the army says this soldier was also undergoing treatment for a variety of other psychological and psychiatric issues. so certainly, this is going to bring up multiple questions now in the investigation. did ft. hood security meet standards after the 2009 surgery and what was going on with this soldier and how come nobody noticed. good question. barbara star, thank you so much for that. and obviously on the military side, they did notice, they were treating him. the pictures cloudy. trying to pick our way through it. joining me from washington, mr. ....
Tom fuentes. the obvious concern because of what happened in 2009 that this is someone self-radical liezed. i have no information on that. do you have have any? no, there s no indication yet. you can t rule it out until they complete the investigation. as of now, it does not appear to be terrorist motivated. earlier reports are it was soldier-on soldier, a beef gone bad, that cuts against him shooting multiple people in different places. do you think the mental health issue is going to play into this? i think absolutely it will. you have the base commander saying he had mental and behavioral problems receiving psychiatric treatment and medication. at least he had other problems that were well-known. but this is this is yet another story, a person with psychiatric problems walking into a gun shop and being able ....