The man suspected of being the Fort Hood shooter posted a Facebook status just weeks ago claiming the 'devil' had taken him and may have suggested he was ready to shoot two men who had stolen from him.
'I have just lost my inner peace, full of hatred, I think this time the devil will take me,' Spc. Ivan Lopez posted on his Facebook on March 1st at 7:38pm.
'I was robbed last night and I am sure it was 2 'flacos' (guys). Green light and finger ready. As easy as that.'
Lopez, 34, killed three people and injured 16 others before taking his own life after opening at the sprawling Ft. Hood Army base in Texas on Wednesday. The Army says it does not have a motive. Lopez posted on Facebook under the name Ivan Slipknot, named after the popular American heavy metal band.
López served four months in Iraq in 2011. He served nine years in the Puerto Rican National Guard. Though he saw no combat action, Lopez told authorities upon his return that he had suffered a traumatic brain injury in Iraq. Lopez was taking medication and had sought help for depression and anxiety while undergoing a process to determine whether he had post-traumatic stress disorder.
'He was not a wounded warrior,' said Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, the senior officer at Fort Hood. 'We do know that this soldier had behavioral health and mental health issues, and was being treated for that.'
Friends of Lopez's family, including the mayor of Lopez's hometown of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, told Fox News Latino they are 'shocked' and 'devastated' by news of Lopez's rampage. Some speculated the sudden death of his mother, Carmen Lopez, who was a nurse of the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment in Guayanilla, could have triggered the deadly rampage. She died in November of a heart attack.
Lopez is a father of four and has been married twice. Two of his children live in Puerto Rico with his ex-wife, and two live in the United States.
Bryan Llenas currently serves as a New York-based correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC) and a reporter for Fox News Latino (FNL). Follow him on Twitter@BryanLlenas
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