Monday marked four years since an Iraq war veteran suffering from mental health issues killed three people and injured 16 on Fort Hood before turning the gun on himself when he was confronted by a military police officer.
On this anniversary of the April 2, 2014 shooting, Channel 6 would like to remember the three victims who lost their lives.
They were:
- SGT Timothy W. Owens, 37, who tried to talk down the shooter at a motor pool building
- SSG Carlos A. Lazaney-Rodriguez, 38, who died inside a medical building
- SFC Daniel M. Ferguson, 39, who died while barricading a conference room door
Sgt. Timothy Wayne Owens
Timothy Owens tried to keep the gunman from hurting anyone else by speaking to him. At the time, Owens had been in the Army for roughly a decade and had served in both Kuwait and Iraq.
Owens, who was from Illinois, was a heavy vehicle driver with the 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).
His awards included three Army Commendation Medals and four Army Achievement Medals.
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Staff Sgt. Carlos A. Lazaney-Rodriguez
Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez first joined the Army more than two decades before his death. For the last two years of his service, he had been assigned as a unit supply specialist to the 21st Combat Support Hospital, 1st Medical Brigade. He had deployed to Kuwait three times.
Lazaney-Rodriguez, who was from Puerto Rico, had multiple awards and decorations, including four Army Commendation Medals and three Army Achievement Medals.
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Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Michael Ferguson
If it were not for Daniel Ferguson's actions, the shooter may have been able to access a room, where he would have been able to kill more military members. Ferguson had been in the Army more than 20 years when he was murdered and had previously been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
Ferguson was from Florida. He served as a transportation supervisor with the 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control), 4th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).
He received numerous awards and decorations, including a Bronze Star, three Meritorious Service Medals, five Army Commendation Medals, and two Army Achievement Medals.
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In 2017, Channel 6 News remembered the eight year anniversary of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.