Fort Hood Shooting

• Near Fort Hood, church service honors fallen

  The church program pictured an empty road being enveloped by the dark clouds of a sweeping thunderstorm, and the service's lesson was from Isaiah 35:4, "Be strong, fear not." The preacher implored those gathered on Sunday that they would find hope in God, but also acknowledged the question on everyone's mind: Why Fort Hood - again?

• No clear security fixes for violence at US bases

  After three mass shootings at military bases in the U.S. over the last five years, security experts say the sad truth is that there is probably no practical way of preventing members of the armed forces or civilian employees from carrying guns onto big installations like the Army's Fort Hood in Texas.

• Fort Hood gunman had argument with other soldiers

  The U.S. soldier who gunned down three other military men before killing himself at the Ford Hood base had an argument with colleagues in his unit before opening fire, and investigators believe his mental condition was not the "direct precipitating factor" in the shooting, authorities said on Friday.

• US Army names Fort Hood shooter, says had mental illness

  The soldier suspected of shooting dead three people before killing himself at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas was identified as Ivan Lopez, a man battling mental illness when he went on a rampage, the base commander said on Thursday.

• Investigators seek Texas army gunman's motive after rampage kills three

  Investigators delved into the background on Thursday of a US soldier who had been treated for mental illness before he killed three people and himself a day earlier at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, where another deadly rampage took place in 2009, military officials said.

• Shootings frustrate US military efforts to secure bases

  The latest shooting at Fort Hood is throwing a spotlight on the U.S. military's so-far frustrated efforts to secure its bases from potential shooters, who increasingly appear to see the facilities as attractive targets.

• Four dead at Fort Hood including shooter, 16 wounded

  Four people were killed in a shooting at Fort Hood on Wednesday including the assailant, a soldier who served in Iraq and was being treated for mental health issues, the commander of the US base said.

• Four dead, 14 injured in Fort Hood military base shooting in Texas

  Four were killed and 14 injured in a shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas on Wednesday.

• One dead, 14 wounded in Fort Hood shooting

  One person was killed and 14 wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at the Fort Hood US military base, scene of a deadly 2009 rampage, officials said.

• Mother of US Navy Yard shooter apologises for killings, says 'so, so very sorry'

  The mother of Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis apologized to the victims today, and like his friends and colleagues, she too, was unable to offer any clues on his motive for the shooting.