FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A U.S. Army spokesman says the Fort Hood
shootings suspect is alive and was not killed by authorities
responding to the attack.

Lt. Gen. Bob Cone also says the death toll from the attack
remains 12 after another victim died.

Authorities said immediately after Thursday's attack that they
had killed the suspected shooter. But Cone now says the suspected
shooter is alive and stable condition.

Cone offered little explanation to reporters at a news conference as to why the suspect was believed dead, saying only there was confusion at the hospital.

The Army says a mental health doctor, Maj. Nidal Hasn, opened fire at a medical screening center, killing at least eleven others and wounding 31
others.

It was unclear what the motive was, though it appeared Hasan he
was upset about a scheduled deployment.

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says military officials told her the Army major was about to deployed overseas.

Military officials say Hasan, a psychiatrist, had received a
poor performance evaluation while at working at the Army's Walter
Reed hospital in Washington.

The Army says two soldiers taken into custody were released
because they were not involved. A third person remains in custody.

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