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Suspect in U.S. Army base shooting faces 13 charges

Published: 12/11/2009 05:00

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U.S. Army psychiatrist Nadil Malik Hasan has been charged by the Army with 13 counts of premeditated murder in last week’s deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base, Texas.

Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspect in last week’s mass shooting incident at Fort Hood army base, Tex., (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)

The 13 charges against Hasan are “initial charges”, Chris Grey, a spokesman for the Army criminal investigation division, said at a brief press conference. “Additional charges may be preferred in the future, subject to the ongoing criminal investigation,” he said.

“It is important to remember that the peripheral of charges is the first step in the court-martial process,” said Grey, adding that “a charge is merely an accusation. The accused is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.”

Hasan, who is recovering from gunshot wounds in an Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, is currently under pretrial restriction, according to Grey. All autopsies had been completed at Dover AFB, Del, he said.

Grey also said that the crime scene, which involved “a very large area” that included the readiness center, four adjacent buildings and two parking lots, was still being scrutinized by investigators and that law enforcement officers on the scene were inspecting vehicles in the area for bullet impacts.

Law specialists have said that any case against Hasan could take many months and could be delayed by medical assessments of the Army officer’s physical and mental health.

The penalty for premeditated murder is death or imprisonment for life in a military court-martial.

However, just 15 of 47 service members charged with capital crimes in recent decades have received a death sentence in the U.S., and none has been executed since 1961.

Hasan, 39, allegedly opened fire Nov. 5 with two handguns on unarmed soldiers who were preparing for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan at a soldiers readiness area at Fort Hood, the country’s largest military installation.

The shooting spree, which killed 13 people and wounded another 29, has been described as the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.

The rampage ended when Hasan was shot by civilian police who responded to the scene. Hasan was subsequently flown to an Army hospital in San Antonio, where he has been reported in stable condition as he recovers from four gunshot wounds.

Hasan, a U.S. citizen of Jordanian descent, is going to be deployed overseas, very likely in Afghanistan and he “was disturbed” about his overseas deployment, military sources said.

The Army said shortly after the shooting that Hasan, the sole suspect in the case, “acted alone”. Grey said at the press conference: “We still believe that there was only one gunman at the scene involved in the actual shootings.”

Media reports revealed possible connections between Hasan and a radical Muslim prayer leader. The FBI reportedly knew Hasan contacted Muslim cleric Anwar al Awlaki as many as 20 times. However, agents reportedly determined the e-mails were research-related and did not contact Army officials. U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly ordered a review of U.S. intelligence gathered on Hasan.

VietNamNet/Xinhuanet

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