FORT HOOD (November 8, 2009)—The Army Criminal Investigation Command issued an appeal Sunday for soldiers or civilians who may have been in the area of the deadly shooting spree Thursday at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center and who may have unknowingly left the area with residual evidence such as damaged private vehicles, clothing, shell casings inside boots or even gunshot residue on footwear or clothing.

Investigators are asking those soldiers and civilians to come forward because they may have inadvertently left the scene with evidence that could assist in the trajectory analysis that’s underway at the shooting scene, Fort Hood said Sunday.

“Gunshot-damaged material needs to be inspected by the soldier's or civilian's supervisor and/or chain of command,” Fort Hood said.

“Unit level chains of command also need to provide verification of such material,” Fort Hood said.

Units whose personnel were in the area of the shooting scene were asked to call the Fort Hood office of the U.S. Army CID.