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Bystanders crouch for cover as shots rang out from Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center Nov. 5, 2009, as law enforcement officers run toward the sound of the gun. A lone gunman killed 13 people and wounded 30 more in the incident.

Bystanders crouch for cover as shots rang out from Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center Nov. 5, 2009, as law enforcement officers run toward the sound of the gun. A lone gunman killed 13 people and wounded 30 more in the incident.

Bystanders crouch for cover as shots rang out from Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center Nov. 5, 2009, as law enforcement officers run toward the sound of the gun. A lone gunman killed 13 people and wounded 30 more in the incident.

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