Puerto Rico mourns two deaths at Ft. Hood shooting

Ivan Lopez, the Puerto Rican shooter who claimed four lives in a mass shooting in Ft. Hood, Texas, including his own, wasn’t the only native of the island that died on the military base.

Sergeant Carlos Alberto Lasaney, a 38-year-old who was set to retire from the arm in December, after 20 years of service, died in Wednesday’s shooting. Lasaney was one of three innocent victims of the shooting perpetrated by Lopez. He was a native of Aguadilla, a city located on the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, and most of his family still resides there.

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A distraught family member told Univision Network in Puerto Rico, “…it’s overwhelming to see someone as good as Alby (Alberto) go through this. Who would sleep in his mother’s shoes, because she’s got her husband sick with Alzheimer’s as well.”

The mayor of Aguadilla reportedly offered any help he can to the family to bring the soldier’s body back to the island for his funeral, but it’s unknown if that will happen since his parents are living in Florida, and his mother tends to her sick husband.

The latest reports from authorities on Thursday is that Lopez might have argued with another service member prior to the rampage that left also left 16 injured, which authorities believe might have been influenced by his mental state.

The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member prior to the attack, and investigators believe his unstable mental health contributed to the rampage, authorities said Thursday.

The base’s senior officer, Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, told the AP there is a “strong possibility” that Spc. Ivan Lopez had a “verbal altercation” with another soldier or soldiers immediately before Wednesday’s shooting. However, there’s no indication that he targeted specific soldiers, Milley said.

Military police patrol near Fort Hood’s main gate, Thursday, April 3, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas. A soldier, Spc. Ivan Lopez, opened fire Wednesday on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide. (AP Photo/Eric Gay

Lopez left three reservists dead before committing suicide and injuring 16 others from gunshot wounds, which unfolded on the same Army post that was the scene of an infamous 2009 mass shooting at the hands of Nidal Hasan, another soldier who went AWOL.

Lopez never saw combat during a deployment to Iraq and had shown no apparent risk of violence before the shooting, officials said. However, he was under psychological treatment for anxiety and depression, and was taking medication, including Ambien to help him sleep. He was also undergoing diagnosis to determine whether he suffered from PTSD, even doctors hadn’t been able to confirm that as his condition.

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Investigators continue to look at all possibilities as they look for an exact motive.

The Criminal Investigation Division of the United States Army is the lead investigative agency, but several other law enforcement agencies are involved, including 80 FBI agents.