Fort Bliss shooting

Fort Bliss shooting
LocationVeteran's Affairs clinic, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, Fort Bliss, Texas, U.S.
DateJanuary 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
c. 3:10 p.m. – c. 5:30 p.m. (MDT)
Attack type
Shooting, murder-suicide
Weapons.380 SIG Sauer P238
Deaths2 (including the perpetrator)
VictimTimothy Fjordbak, PsyD
PerpetratorJerry Serrato

The Fort Bliss shooting occurred on January 6, 2015, when Jerry Serrato, a 48-year-old U.S. Army veteran, fatally shot Dr. Timothy Fjordbak, a psychologist, at the Veteran's Affairs clinic located on the grounds of William Beaumont Army Medical Center of Fort Bliss, Texas. No further casualties were reported during the shooting. However, the shooting and the subsequent emergency response resulted in the lock-down of the hospital and two nearby schools for nearly two hours while law enforcement officials worked to resolve the situation.