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7 dead, up to 30 wounded in US base shooting


Gunmen mowed down at least seven people and wounded up to 30 more in a mass shooting mass shooting Public health Multiple discharging of firearm(s) onto a group of unarmed victims. Cf Genocide, Serial killing.  at a Texas military base, US military officials and the local senator said.

Sergeant Tim Volkert, a spokesman at the Fort Hood base where the shootings occurred, confirmed the seven deaths to AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol.  and said at least one gunman had been apprehended but another was still believed to be at large.

Local Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Kathyrn Ann Bailey Hutchison, usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22 1943), is the senior United States Senator from Texas. She is a member of the Republican Party.  said a general at Fort Hood had told her around 30 wounded. "I was told around 30 wounded," she told CNN CNN
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"I'm told that they were in military uniform, yes. But that didn't necessarily mean that they were military," she said of the shooters.
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Date:Nov 5, 2009
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