President Obama to attend Fort Hood service

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial ceremony this week for victims of the deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a White House official said Sunday.

The first couple's attendance at the service mirrors one of nearly five years ago when the president and first lady flew to the Central Texas military installation to paid tribute to those killed in another tragic shooting. Details on the trip to Texas this week by the president and first lady are expected to be made public later this week, a White House official said Sunday.

Three soldiers were killed and 16 wounded last Wednesday when Spc. Ivan Antonio Lopez opened fire with a .45-caliber handgun. The incident ended when Lopez shot himself and died.

Fort Hood commander Lt. Gen. Mark Milley said the shooting apparently followed an argument Lopez had with another soldier on the post.

Milley said no evidence suggests that the shooting spree and killings were premeditated.

Killed were Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Michael Ferguson, 39, of Florida; Sgt. Timothy Wayne Owens, 37, of Illinois; and Staff Sgt. Carlos Alberto Lazany-Rodriguez, 38, of Puerto Rico.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. lawmakers, including Texas Sens. John Cornyn, Ted Cruz and Reps. John Carter, R-Round Rock and Roger Williams, R-Weatherford, have visited with the victims.

Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, was one of the first members of Congress briefed on the shooting at the Texas post.

McCaul is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, which will have oversight of the subsequent investigation into the shooting. More than 150 federal and military investigators are sifting through the events at Fort Hood to complete and investigation into the deadly shooting and to determine what prompted the fatal actions by Lopez.