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November 5, 2009: Nidal Hasan 2009 Fort Hood Shooting At Fort Hood near Kileen Texas, Major Nidal Malik Hasan who was an army psychiatrist fatally shot 13 people, mostly soldiers and injured more than 30 others. He was armed with a FN Five-sevenfitted with two laser sights: one red, and one green which was used in the shootings, and he also was found with a Smith and Wesson .357 Magnum revolver which was not used and was probably a backup weapon. The shooting produced more casualties than any other on an American military base. Several individuals, including Senator Joe Lieberman, General Barry McCaffrey, and others have called the event a terrorist attack. The United States Department of Defense and federal law enforcement agencies have classified the shootings as an act of workplace violence.
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