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ntTV News was first on the scene for Gov. Rick Perry's official statement regarding the Fort Hood shootings.  

UPDATED AT 11-6-2009 6:05AMCST: The death toll has risen to 13 after another victim died overnight.
The shooting was stopped by a female civilian police officer who opened fire on Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. The woman is expected to recover from wounds sustained in the gun battle.
Maj. Hasan is hospitalized at this hour. He is reported to be on a ventilator and is unconscious, but Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Cone said in a statement "his death is not imminent." Maj. Hasan was shot four times.
Maj. Hasan is a psychiatrist, originally from Virginia. He was recently promoted to major and transfered to Fort Hood from the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington. Maj. Hasan was slated to serve in Iraq for the very first time in the coming weeks.

UPDATED AT 8:55PMCST: A U.S. Army spokesman says the shootings suspect, Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan, is alive and was not killed by authorities as previously reported. The death toll from the attack remains at 12 after another victim died.

At approximately 1:30 Thursday afternoon, Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan opened fire on a deployment processing center at Fort Hood. Hasan, believed to be age 39 or 40, is a mental health professional on base.  31 were wounded, and 12 were killed. Fort Hood is the largest American military base in the world, complicating the lock down the post is under.

Governor Perry was on the UNT campus today for a campaign event, but quickly adapted to the situation.  ntTV News was the first media outlet on the scene.  Despite Fort Hood being a military base on a federal reservation, Perry has committed all state resources to support the efforts underway in and around the Fort Hood area.  Perry also ordered flags be flown at half-mast until Sunday.