IT'S OFFICIAL: THERE WAS ONLY ONE SHOOTER IN FORT HOOD!

HASAN REMAINS UNABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SO INVESTIGATORS STILL LOOKING FOR MOTIVE!

Military investigators have concluded that there was only one gunman involved in the rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead and dozens more injured, but they added that they were still trying to determine whether other people were involved in any plot, an Army spokesman said on Saturday.

The spokesman, Chris Grey, also told reporters during a briefing that the shooting suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, an Army psychologist, had been taken off a ventilator on Saturday but remained in the intensive care unit at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

Major Hasan was shot four times by a police officer after he reportedly opened fire on Thursday at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center.

Major Hasan’s brother, Eyad Hasan, issued a statement to the news media Saturday, offering condolences to people injured and to the families of those killed in the attack and moral support for Major Hasan.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with all the families who have lost loved ones and everyone else affected by the horrific events that transpired at Fort Hood,” the statement said. “We are in a state of shock and disbelief over this dreadful news.”

“I’ve known my brother Nidal to be a peaceful, loving and compassionate person who has shown great interest in the medical field and in helping others” the statement said. “He has never committed an act of violence and was always known to be a good, law-abiding citizen.”

Eyad Hasan, like his brother, was born in the United States to Palestinian parents who are now deceased. Mr. Hasan, who lives in Virginia, said in the statement that the family had “faith in our legal system and that my brother will be treated fairly.”

“We hope that the relevant authorities will provide us with information on my brother’s condition and that he be afforded his right to an attorney the moment he regains consciousness,” the statement concluded.

Mr. Grey, a spokesman for the Army Criminal Investigation Division, said that investigators have still not been able to talk with Major Hasan because of his medical condition.

“We have not established a motive for the shootings at this time,” he said during a briefing for reporters held at Fort Hood on Saturday evening. He did not take questions from reporters.

From New York Times