Texas gunman kills 3, himself

John Bacon | USA TODAY

Four people were killed and a fifth was seriously wounded in a shooting rampage in Killeen, Texas, police said Monday.

Police spokeswoman Tina Amerson said a preliminary investigation revealed that a 30-year-old male suspect fatally shot a man and a woman and wounded another woman at the home late Sunday.

Amerson said the suspect, later identified as Fort Hood soldier Atase Giffa, then forced his wife, Dawn, 28, into their residence.

The Killeen Police Tactical Response Unit -- SWAT -- was called in after Giffa barricaded himself inside the home, Amerson said. After several efforts to communicate with him failed, officers went in a early Monday and found the bodies of the couple.

The first victims included a 31-year-old female and a 40-year-old male, Amerson said. A 41-year-old female victim was transported to the Baylor Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple in serious condition.

Amerson said the investigation is continuing. Names were not released pending notification of family members.

Killeen, with a population of about 130,000, is home to the Army's Fort Hood. On April 2, a shooting spree occurred at several locations on the base, leaving three people dead and sixteen others wounded. The gunman, Iraq War veteran Ivan Lopez, 34, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

On November 5, 2009, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire in the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood. Hasan killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others. He was shot but survived and was sentenced to death. Appeals are underway.