Dec 08 WATCH: The family of Vanessa Guillén, Army soldier killed at Fort Hood, hold a news presser By Associated Press The family is demanding Congress pass legislation that would change the way the military addresses sexual assault and harassment claims within its ranks. Continue reading
Dec 08 WATCH: 14 Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over violence at base By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Army on Tuesday said it had fired or suspended 14 officers and enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, and ordered policy changes to address chronic leadership failures at the base that contributed to a widespread pattern of violence including… Continue reading
Oct 07 Current and former soldiers speak out about Fort Hood sexual assault, harassment By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Current and former soldiers at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas, have taken to social media to report accounts of sexual assault and harassment following the disappearance and slaying this year of Spc. Vanessa Guillen. Continue reading
Jul 29 WATCH: House Armed Services committee holds hearing on sexual harassment and retaliation By Justin Stabley The hearing was held several weeks after the remains of Spc. Vanessa Guillen were found after her disappearance from Fort Hood in Texas. Continue reading
Jul 03 Missing Texas soldier Vanessa Guillen was killed at Fort Hood, report says By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Federal and military investigators say a soldier missing since April was killed and dismembered by a fellow soldier stationed at the same Texas base. The revelation followed demands for the Army to release details about its investigation of the disappearance. Continue reading
Jun 04 Nine soldiers die during Texas training exercise at Fort Hood By Michael D. Regan The bodies of four U.S. Army soldiers missing since Thursday morning during a Texas training exercise gone awry have been found, raising the death toll from the incident to nine military members. Continue reading
Apr 08 Two dead in murder-suicide at Texas base By Joshua Barajas At least two people have been killed in an apparent murder-suicide at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, local authorities said Friday. Continue reading
Apr 09 Watch News Wrap: 16-year-old suspect stabbed students, security officer at Pennsylvania school By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch News Wrap: Officials say argument may have been motive in Fort Hood shooting By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Army officials at Fort Hood said a mass shooting by Spc. Ivan Lopez was likely triggered by an escalating argument. Also, a federal judge in Cincinnati announced he would strike down part of Ohio’s ban… Continue watching
Apr 03 Watch 12:31 Piecing together factors that may have led to the Fort Hood mass shooting By PBS News Hour Army officials shed new light on the suspected gunman believed to have perpetrated the second mass shooting at Fort Hood in five years. Three people were killed and 16 wounded before Ivan Lopez, an Iraq veteran, killed himself. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching