Malik Nadal Hasan, a soldier who opened fire at the U.S Fort. Hood Army base in Texas.He killed 12 people and wounding 31 in a shooting spree with the help of two army officers.

Major Malik Nadal Hasan, 39, a soldier who has pending deployment to Iraq, and he was overheard speaking negatively about America's role in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected in what appears to be the worst mass shooting at a U.S. military base.

The shooting began around 1:30 p.m., Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said at a news conference. He said all the casualties took place at the base's Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening.

Malik Nadal Hassan is a psychiatrist who worked at Walter Reed for six years (and got a poor performance evaluation there). Hasan was transferred to Ft. Hood and worked at the psych ward there. He complained about deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.