President Barack Obama will lead mourners at a memorial service held today for the 13 victims of America’s worst shooting atrocity to take place at an army base.

THE military psychiatrist accused of shooting 13 people dead during a rampage at a US army base is awake and talking, hospital staff said yesterday.

US Army officials say the man who killed 13 people during a shooting spree at Fort Hood has been taken off a ventilator but still remains in intensive care.

The military psychiatrist responsible for a shooting spree that left 13 dead remained in a coma today, frustrating attempts to work out what made him kill.

A US officer who killed 13 soldiers in a gun rampage at a Texas army base shouted a triumphant Islamic proclamation before opening fire, it was claimed today.