What the Hell is Happening at Fort Hood?

Em Carpenter
4 min readJul 23, 2020

On March 1st, 2020, Spc. Shelby Tyler Jones, a soldier stationed at Fort Hood, was found shot to death outside a convenience store near the base. Police say the shooting happened about half a mile away, at a strip club.

On March 10th, Specialist Christopher Wayne Sawyer, 29, was found dead in his residence on base. At the time, officials stated that while foul play was not suspected, neither had it been ruled out. The Army has released no further information on his death..

Specialist Freddie Delacruz, 23, was one of three people shot to death, including another Army veteran, at an apartment complex off base on March 14th. No one has been arrested in his death.

Private Gregory Morales, 23, disappeared from Fort Hood in August of 2019, a day before he was to start the discharge process. The Army listed him as a deserter, until his remains were found near Killeen, Texas on June 19th and it was determined he died prior to September 19 when he was listed as AWOL. His cause of death has not been released, but his family says it is suspected that Morales was shot in the face.

On Wednesday, April 22, Specialist Vanessa Guillen, 20, reported for work at the Armory at Fort Hood. That was the last time she was seen until her body was found on June 29th in a shallow grave about 30 miles away, dismembered and…

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Em Carpenter

I write about social issues, politics, true crime, an occasional poem, and whatever else strikes my fancy. @wvesquiress.