This Day in True Crime — November 5, 2009 The Fort Hood Shooting On November 5, 2009, the U.S. Army’s largest stateside base turned into a mass casualty scene. At Fort Hood, Texas, Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan opened fire inside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center — the place soldiers go before deployment. In a matter of minutes, 13 people were killed and more than 30 were wounded. Hasan targeted soldiers and civilians with a semiautomatic pistol equipped with high-capacity magazines. Survi