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Jared Lee Loughner and 6 other mass shooters: How the cases were resolved

Jared Lee Loughner was found competent Tuesday to stand trial and pled guilty to 19 counts, including murder, for the January 2011 shooting in Tucson in which six people were killed and 13 wounded – including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) of Arizona. In mass shootings like this where the perpetrator was not killed during the rampage, here’s how the cases have been resolved.

6. Fort Hood shooting

Bell County Sheriff's Department vis The Temple Daily Telegram/AP/File
This undated file photo provided by the Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram shows Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage. Maj. Nidal Hasan will be in the courtroom Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, only if he shaved his beard. (AP Photo/Bell County Sheriff's Department via The Temple Daily Telegram, File) Nidal Hasan

  • By Amanda Paulson Staff writer

In November 2009, Maj. Nidal Hasan, an army psychiatrist, went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in which he allegedly killed 13 people and wounded 29 more.

Major Hasan, who was shot during the attack and is now paralyzed from the chest down, has been charged with 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder, and is awaiting court-martial, due to begin later this month. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.

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Mark Sappenfield
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