The Illinois native killed this week during an attack at Ford Hood, Texas had served tours-of-duty in Kuwait and Iraq, and had earned multiple military awards, the U.S. Army disclosed Friday. U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Owens, 37, a native of downstate Effingham, was one of four people — including the gunman — killed in the Wednesday attack at the base in central Texas. Sixteen others were wounded. The Army on Friday officially released the names of the victims, which also included Sgt. Carlos Alberto Lazaney Rodriguez of Puerto Rico and Sgt. Daniel Michael Ferguson of Mulberry, Fla. The shooter, Spc. …
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