Updated On: 03 April, 2014 08:48 AM IST | | Agencies
<p>A soldier opened fire at Fort Hood, an army base in Texas, killing three people and wounding at least 11 others before taking his own life</p>

Washington: A soldier opened fire today at an enormous US army base in Texas that was the scene of a deadly shooting rampage in 2009, killing three persons and wounding 16 others before taking his own life.

US President Barack Obama makes a statement to the press on April 2, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois, on the shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Pic: AFP