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Fort Hood suspect said his goodbyes

 
By MIKE BAKER and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE
Associated Press Writers
FORT HOOD, Texas  — As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.
Investigators examined Hasan’s computer, his home and his garbage Friday to learn what motivated the suspect, who lay in a coma, shot four times in the frantic bloodletting that also wounded 30. Hospital officials said some of the wounded had extremely serious injuries and might not survive.
 Authorities say Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Malik Hasan remains in a coma but is expected to live.
A federal law enforcement official said investigators have not been able to talk to Hasan since the deadly rampage that left 13 people dead and injured 30 others at the sprawling Army post in Texas on Thursday.
The initial investigation shows that Hasan allegedly used only one gun during the attack — a 5.7-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
Army officials said Hasan also was carrying another handgun. But the law enforcement official said there’s nothing so far to indicate the second weapon was fired.
 Law enforcement officials say the 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the shooting rampage was purchased legally at a Texas gun store.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymit ...
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