Fort Hood fire chief recalls response to 'shots fired' moment
CNN - 17 minutes agoThe call came over the radio. "Shots fired." And then, even worse: "Officer down."
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The call came over the radio. "Shots fired." And then, even worse: "Officer down."
A quick exchange of guns and a pledge to undertake a vasectomy is customary for India's Maoist "comrades" when they wed in their isolated forest hideouts.
FORT HOOD, TEX. -- Maj. Nidal M. Hasan corresponded by e-mail late last year and this year with a radical cleric in Yemen who has criticized the United States for waging war against Muslims, but the contact did not lead to an investigation, federal law enforcement officials said Monday.
Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan on Monday, but initial tests suggested the mailings were a hoax, police officials said.
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The Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood massacre is believed to have acted alone despite repeated communications — monitored by authorities — with a radical imam overseas, U.S. officials said Monday. The FBI will conduct an internal review of its handling of the information, they said.
Letters containing white powder were sent to the U.S. missions of France, Austria and Uzbekistan in New York City on Monday, police said.
A close friend of Washington Lt. Gov. Brad Owen shot one of Owen's sons in an apparent workplace dispute Monday afternoon and then shot himself in the head, the lieutenant governor said.
A gunman at an upstate New York high school has taken the principal hostage, a town official says.
PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A town official says a gunman at an upstate New York high school has taken the principal hostage.
He has charmed millions, demonstrated his political heft and now as President Obama heads to Fort Hood for a memorial service for fallen soldiers, he must show he can comfort and console victims' families.
Comedian and rapper Katt Williams was released on bond Monday after police said they arrested the entertainer for breaking into a home and stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry and coins.
Todd Willingham's sister and cousins work to clear his name amid allegations that Texas is covering up the execution of an innocent man.
Cameron Todd Willingham's family here in Oklahoma never believed he set the fire that killed his three daughters.
Chicago police said a West Side man who allegedly tried to walk out of a store with three expensive bottles of champagne under his jacket now has 63 arrests under his belt. Officers said the 70-year-old man was initially charged with misdemeanor retail theft, but the charge was upgraded to a felony Monday after authorities look over his extensive police record, which included 62 prior arrests.
A Five-Month CBS News Investigation Finds That a Staggering Number of Rape Kits Aren't Tested