UPDATE - The Ft Hood Texas Army Base shooting has left 20 injured, not 12, including soliders says KTVT. The FT Hood mass shooting on the Texas Army Base near Austin still is under mass alert with reports that one suspect is still holed up.

Here again in the latest.

Within the hour, reports of 7 dead and 12 injured. Now indications that soldiers are among those injured. Local press are stating that the shooting was at the Solider Readiness Center. Base reps are not indicating if the victims are military or civilian. But KTVT is indicating officers and or enlisted members were shot. Fort Hood is 60 miles from Austin.

It employees 4,929 active officers and 45,414 enlisted, with 9,000 civilians on base. The number of suspects is also unclear. Initial reports said the shooter was in custody. But additional reports from KCEN Waco state a second suspect is holed up in a base building currently.

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A mass shooting at the Fort Hood, TX Army Base has left 7 dead, 12 injured. The Fort Hood Army Base has the shooting suspect in custody. The gunman’s identity has not been released.

This is a breaking LALATE report.

Foot Hood Army Base’s office of public affairs confirms within the half hour a special operations center has been established to handle the mass shooting. More than one shooter is believed responsible for 12 injuries and 7 deaths in a mass attack Thursday. KCEN Waco is reporting a second suspect is holed up in a base building.

The location was the Solider Readiness Center. Base reps are not indicating if the victims are military or civilian.

Fort Hood is 60 miles from Austin. It employees 4,929 active officers and 45,414 enlisted, with 9,000 civilians on base.

For continuing coverage of the Ft Hood story on LALATE, click here:

http://news.lalate.com/category/military.

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Shannon Dedrick is the baby found under a bed alive five days later. But as baby Shannon is found alive, questions of her case now point back to a cold case 20 years ago.

As covered earlier today on LALATE, investigators are looking at Susan Baker. In 1987, Baker’s name was at the core of another missing child. Today, Dedrick’s father James Russell Dedrick Jr is reported to be related to Baker, claims Washington County Sheriff Bobby Haddock.

Now as the case of baby Shannon is being built, the cold case of Paul Leonard Baker is being re-questioned. It was Susan Baker who reported Paul missing on March 5, 1987 claiming he went missing while he napped. The location of the crime was the family’s Beaufort, SC home.

After Paul’s case, the Bakers’ 6 year old daughter was put into state custody after a determination that she had been beaten. Susan Elizabeth Baker was charged with assault, battery, and intent to kill. She was sentenced to 10 years, her sentence suspended to 80 days.

In August this year, reports say Baker emailed Florida Governor Charlie Crist asking for help for Shannon Dedrick.

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PHOTO! In update to that Rodell Vereen buggery case, Vereen apologized to Sugar’s owner and Lazy B Stables today. Rodell Vereen’s previous buggery case was in 2007.

At that time, Vereen (picture above) was found guilty of acts against Sugar. Sugar is a 21 year old horse, Vereen is a 51 year old male that a court today said needs counseling.

In 2007, Vereen was sentence to probation. But recently, Sugar’s owner Barbara Kenley suspected something was going wrong in her stables. Barbara set up a hidden camera after her belief that Vareen was back … and stalking Sugar. After she installed the camera, she saw the evidence caught on tape.

Vereen told the court today “I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to do. It’s my fault. I’m sorry for what I’ve done to myself.”

Veereen has been ordered to stay away from the Stables, sentenced to three years in prison, and ordered to undegoe counseling.

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PHOTO! Here is a picture of Rodell Vereen reportedly found guilty of buggery. Rodeell Vereen’s buggery case has landed him in jail for three years.

Vereen is also ordered to stay away from the Lazy B. Yes, Lazy B is a horse stables. Vereen according to AP was found guilty of exactly what you are thinking.

Horse owner Barbara Kenley said Vereen was stalking her horses, sneaking in late at night for alleged encounters. According to reports, Vereen was found guilty last year of the same offense with the same horse. The judge has also ordered Vereen to get counseling.

Vereen is 50, the horse is 21. The name of the horse is Sugar. Vereen’s previous offense with Sugar was on Thanksgiving Day in 2007.

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3 missing ND Dickinson State University students, all softball players, have been found dead. The three softball players were found dead in a pond late Tuesday.

The three softball players went missing Sunday. All three of them played for Dickinson State University. Tuesday afternoon authorities confirmed a Jeep was found in a local pond. The three ranged in ages from 20 to 22. One friend called them only to get a dead line roughly midnight Sunday.

The vehicle has been pulled from the pond, the driver not yet identified. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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Raul Renato Castro of Mendota, California could serve 32 years to life for the death of Alex Christopher Mercato. Raul Renato Castro is charged in the death of Mercato, accused of  drowning Mercato and stuffing his body in a clothes dryer.

Even worse, Castro is 14 and Mercato was just 4.

Raul Renato Castro faces charges of murder, kidnapping, molestation, and more. Mercato who went missing Friday afternoon. Mercato had been playing in his family’s front yard. Castro remains the sole suspect and was charged as an adult Tuesday and arraigned today in Fresno Superior Court.

Neither family has released a statement.

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