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(NECN: Fort Hood, TX) - 9:20PM UPDATE: Army: Fort Hood shootings suspect is alive; death toll from attack remains 12.

Twelve people are dead and 31 others injured after a mass shooting at the Fort Hood Army base. Military officials say the suspect has been identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, who they say was an Army mental health professional .

The motive is still unclear.

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says the Army major accused of the shooting was about to deploy overseas.

Hutchison says she was told about the upcoming deployment by generals based at Fort Hood.

Military officials in Washington say the suspected shooter was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being transferred to the Texas base in July.

Information from the Associated Press is included in this report.