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Report: Fort Hood shooter dead of self-inflicted wound, 14 injured

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FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A federal law enforcement official says a suspected gunman at the Army’s Fort Hood is dead.

According to a local law enforcement official, sheriff’s deputies and state troopers from a nearby post were dispatched after receiving reports of an “active shooter.”

Officials say one person is dead and 14 are wounded at the Texas Army base.

According to a Justice Department internal report, the gunman died of a self-inflicted wound. President Barack Obama has issued a statement saying the country is heartbroken over the shooting. Fort Hood was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded.

The base was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded in what was the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in history.

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