A shooting at Fort Bliss outside El Paso, has the community on the base wondering about their safety. Officials say a civilian man shot and killed his soldier wife, and then turned the gun on himself Saturday, April 4, 2009.

Arleene Barrios has our story.

I went to hand the money to the cashier and the first shot gets fired. It sounded almost like a balloon popping. Everyone completely froze and I looked over and saw a shadow of somebody running in the back of the store.

This military wife has asked to remain anonymous because her husband is a Fort Bliss soldier.

They were shopping in the Fort Bliss PX at about 4p.m. when someone pulled out a gun. Four shots rang out and you hear a thud in the back of the store, you hear a body hit the floor and everyone stares at each other and there's mass panic.

She and customers dropped to the ground before running out and the Military Police went in. the alleged shooter was believed to be the husband of the victim who is a soldier at Fort Bliss.

Fort Bliss officials say the husband showed up surprising her at the PX then gunned her down in the middle of the store, before shooting himself.

The 19-year-old soldier was here for training and lived in the barracks. Her husband, a civilian, lived off post but access wasn't a problem because he's family.

The question now is how did the gun make it on post.

We have a random access program that we conduct random checks to make sure people don't bring in weapons, etc.

If he didn't get stopped for a random check and had a military I.D. card as a family member he probably wouldn't have been caught.

The tragedy has left some questioning the security on post and their safety.

They go to war zone and not scared to go there but when you're scared to go shopping that's a completely different story could have lost their life.

The wife died at a hospital and her husband was listed in critical condition.

Ft. Bliss isn't releasing their names, but say the couple is from Washington state.