U.S. President Barack Obama has called for a thorough investigation ofthe steps leading to last week's tragic shooting on a Texas army base.
Inhis weekly radio and Internet address, posted Saturday on the WhiteHouse Web site, Mr. Obama said investigators must "compile every pieceof information" known about the gunman and learn what was done with it.
Meanwhile, funerals are scheduled Saturday for some of the 13victims of the November 5 shooting at Fort Hood. Among them is StaffSergeant Amy Krueger, who will be buried in the small town of Kiel inthe upper midwestern state of Wisconsin.
Hundreds of people turned out Friday evening at a local high school for a memorial service for the 29-year-old slain soldier.
Anattorney for the suspected gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, said Fridayit appears his client is paralyzed from the waist down after being shotmultiple times by civilian police during the attack.
The civilian attorney John Galligan said Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, also has extreme pain in his hands.
The attorney said he spent time with Hasan Thursday at the Army hospital near San Antonio where he is being treated.
Armyofficials announced Thursday that Hasan is being charged with 13 countsof premeditated murder. He could face the death penalty.
Hasanis accused of opening fire on unarmed soldiers who were preparing fordeployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Those who were killed included apregnant soldier and several mental health professionals. Forty-threeother people were wounded.
President Obama has ordered areview of all intelligence related to Hasan to determine if governmentagencies shared and properly acted on information about him before theshooting.
There have been concerns that authorities missed warning signs that could have prevented the rampage.
Colleagues described Hasan as aloof, belligerent and frequently argumentative when discussing his Muslim faith.
U.S.media reports cite unnamed military officials as saying doctors thatreviewed Hasan a year ago held a series of meetings where theydiscussed problems with his performance and mental state.
Theofficials decided against seeking his removal because they did notbelieve him to be violent, and they thought his transfer to Fort Hoodin July would help lessen his workload.