{"id":20523,"date":"2010-09-21T09:15:59","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=20523"},"modified":"2010-09-21T12:35:09","modified_gmt":"2010-09-21T16:35:09","slug":"fort-bliss-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=20523","title":{"rendered":"Fort Bliss shooting (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"

About 3 PM local time yesterday a gunman apparently shot two employees at the AAFES convenience store on Fort Bliss, TX. Some news reports <\/a>are reporting that two people including the gunman are dead;<\/p>\n

The Fort Bliss commander says two people are dead after a shooting at a small grocery store on the West Texas Army post.<\/p>\n

Col. Joseph A. Simonelli Jr. declined to discuss details or identify the victims of the Monday afternoon incident.<\/p>\n

Simonelli said the area was roped off for an FBI investigation, but the sprawling facility next to El Paso was never under lockdown.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Others report that only the gunman<\/a> was killed.<\/p>\n

I didn’t write anything yesterday about this because details were so sparse. That hasn’t changed today. When, in your memory, has the media had not even the shooter’s name let alone the victims at this point? In fact, it is hard to find any reports online – most are just reprints of the AP story. So I wonder what’s really going on here.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Someone sent us a link to the Fort Bliss Facebook page<\/a> which has the FBI press release;<\/p>\n

The shooter, has been identified as 63 year old Steven Kropf a retired Army Sergeant, of El Paso, Texas., shot two female civilian employees at the Shopette Convenience Store located at 1333 Casssidy Road. 44 year old Bettina Maria Goins of El Paso, Texas was pronounced dead and the other victim remains hospit…alized with serious injuries, her identity will not be released due to privacy concerns.<\/p>\n

It is not known whether the shooter had any relationship with either victim. The motive for the shooting is still under investigation. This was an isolated criminal incident and not terrorism related. The FBI has primary jurisdiction when a civilian crime occurs on a federal reservation. The FBI will con…tinue to work the investigation with Ft. Bliss Criminal Investigation Division and Military Police.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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