FORT HOOD, Texas — The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded today in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
The Army says one shooter has been killed and two others apprehended and that all are U.S. soldiers.
A law enforcement official says the shooting suspect has been identified as Army Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.
The official said Hasan, believed to be in his late 30s, was killed after opening fire at the base. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.
The official says investigators are trying to determine if Hasan was his birth name, or if he changed his name and converted to the Islamic faith at some point in his life.

Lt. Gen Bob Cone said at a news conference that the shooting began around 1:30 p.m. Cone says that all the casualties took place at the base’s Soldier Readiness Center where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening.
Little was known about the three soldiers suspected of taking part in the attack. The soldier used two handguns, Cone said. It was not clear if the gunman had stopped to reload.
The second shooting took place at a theater on the sprawling base.
Covering 339 square miles, Fort Hood is the largest active duty armored post in the United States. Home to about 52,000 troops as of earlier this year, the sprawling base is located halfway between Austin and Waco.
The Web site of the base posted an alert that said, “Effective immediately, Fort Hood is closed.” The Web site said units at the base have been ordered to account for all personnel.
The site said, “This is not a drill. It is an emergency situation.”
Fort Hood was “asking for EMTs because it’s a mass casualty event,” said Hilary Shine, spokeswoman for the City of Killeen, where Fort Hood is located. “They are having issues getting on and off post because they’ve locked it down. Right now there are a lot of questions and confusion.”
FBI agents are traveling to Fort Hood to assess the crime and work with the Army Criminal Investigation Division, which is the lead agency, said Supervisory Special Agent Jason Pack, a spokesman for the FBI.
Greg Schannep, an aide to Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, told the Austin American-Statesmen that he was on the Army post to attend a graduation service. He said that as he neared the entrance of a building where the service was being held, a soldier with blood on his uniform ran past him and said a man was shooting.
Schannep said the shootings apparently occurred in a complex near a theater where the service was scheduled. He was with the injured soldier, who he said appeared to have been struck in the shoulder but did not have life-threatening injuries.
Todd Martin, assistant for communication at the Killeen School District, said the district has seven elementary schools and two middle schools on the post.
“Those have been locked down since this began,” Martin said. The other schools in the district outside the post have not been locked down, he said.
Sirens wailed at the base as Tammy Biggers, wife of an Army specialist deployed in Iraq, huddled in her locked house, texting her daughter at the local high school and fielding phone calls from family and friends.
“It’s just nerve wracking,” Biggers said in a telephone interview with USA Today. “They just did the overhead warnings again for everyone to seek shelter immediately. It’s going off right now.”
The basewide siren and announcement system, usually used to warn of tornadoes, instructed base residents to seek shelter, lock their doors and turn off the air conditioning, Biggers said. She had been outside her house with their Chihuahua when she heard the first sirens.
“Tons of sirens, way more than usual. But down here you don’t think a lot about sirens. It could be a training exercise,” she said.
Then came the orders to seek shelter. Biggers lives in a two-bedroom on base house about a mile from where the shooting began and a half mile from the Clear Creek PX store. She immediately called her daughter, a 10th grade student at Shoemaker High School.
The school and base were in lockdown. Normal phone lines were working but cell phones were overloaded.
“Now I can’t even get a hold of her. The cell phones are jammed. I can’t even send a text,” Biggers said. “They still have us on lockdown. I’m just staying right beside my computer with the news on and praying.”