Soldier Kills Fort Hood Officer, Then Himself After Shootout With Police
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Soldier Kills Fort Hood Officer, Then Himself After Shootout With Police
A Fort Hood soldier killed his lieutenant and then later shot himself to death after a shootout with Killeen police Monday morning at a local apartment complex.
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(September 8, 2008)—A Fort Hood soldier killed his lieutenant and then later shot himself after a shootout with Killeen police Monday morning at a Killeen apartment complex.

It happened around 8:40 a.m. Monday after the lieutenant and a staff sergeant went to check on the welfare of the soldier at the apartment complex at 1807 N. 2nd St. in Killeen.

A disturbance ensued and one of the soldiers called 911.

As police officers arrived, they saw the soldier shoot his lieutenant.

“When the officers came, got up here, rounded the corner they saw the soldier hit his lieutenant and then shoot him," Killeen Police Department Spokesperson Carroll Smith said.

Officers then exchanged gunfire with the soldier.

One witness told News 10 that 20 to 30 shots were fired before the soldier shot himself in the head.

"They started lighting the guys up,” Spc. Perry Rasmussen said. “Probably a good 20 or 30 rounds. Then I jumped out and got behind my vehicle."

The gunfire sent residents of the area running for cover.

"I seen the police cars coming down the street with sirens and lights going and I heard gunshots,” Edgar Boker said.

Autopsies were ordered on both victims.

A Fort Hood spokesman says the three soldiers’ unit is in the middle of training and not scheduled to deploy for several months.

(Matt Felder contributed to this story)

Latest Comments

Posted by: person Location: Killeen on Sep 12, 2008 at 06:49 PM

He was accused of stealing really expensive scopes that go on guns and was being questioned not checked on. The LT shouldnt have been questioning him in the first place. This could have been prevented CID should have been notified and this wouldnt have happened. It was a bad decision and whats sad is it didnt have to happen.
Posted by: Someone who knew these people Location: No longer @ Fort Hood on Sep 10, 2008 at 02:07 PM

People handle things differently, for those of you who think that the welfare of soldiers should not fall on their NCO's you are very wrong! An NCO takes a creed to put the welfare of his or her soldiers first. I knew the soldier who took the LT's life and his own, he was a great guy, who made a stupid decision! My heart aches for the loss of life here, but also at some of the postings here. For those of you with your comments about how we shouldn't blame the war on soldiers mental issues, please deploy! Go to Iraq or Afghanistan, live like we do for a year, see the things that we do and then come home and try to cope with civillian life and be ok!!!
Posted by: Mother of Three Location: Temple on Sep 9, 2008 at 11:39 AM

Contrary to what some of the other posters have said, it sounds like the Army was TRYING to take care of it's own. They have their own justice system (court marshall's, etc.) and what good employer would not check on an employee who failed to show up for work? If what "Malya" says is correct then it was nothing more than a tragedy that was directly the cause of the soldier who shot his LT. There was no need for that even if he had served in Iraq. And before anyone says I don't know what I'm talking about, my father was in the military, along with several uncles, grandparents, close friends. I had a great-uncle who came back from Nam and killed himself because he couldn't handle it. However, my boss was there at a very young age also and would never hurt another human being. Another uncle was in Korea and Iraq (other places too) and also wouldn't hurt a soul. No matter how it went down and why, two families lost loved ones and need prayers.
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