When there's something to talk about in Killeen, it is usually discussed at Henderson's Family Restaurant.
On Friday the talk of the town was the tragedy that took place at Fort Hood just one day before.
"Us coffee guys just hang out here, but that was the main talk," Killeen resident Roger Young said.
Along with the rest of the nation, Young was more reserved than usual Friday.
"It was quiet almost like a ghost town," Young said.
Joe McCoy lives and works on the Post.
"This is just like a regular neighborhood. We live here, we go to school here, we go to work, we just have a different uniform on," McCoy said.
McCoy is a father of two and has been deployed twice. He said the people that live at Fort Hood are trying to recover.
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Local reaction
News 8’s Russell Wilde has more on how the people of Killeen are coming together to strengthen the community after the tragedy at Fort Hood.
 
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"It's really devastating. It's almost disappointing that something like that would happen here, and on Post of all places," McCoy said.
While people were talking over comfort food at Henderson's Family Restaurant, others we're seeking comfort from a higher power.
Dr. Randy Wallace is one man many will be looking to this upcoming Sunday. He is the pastor at Killeen First Baptist Church.
"I've re-written my sermon for Sunday," Wallace said.
Wallace said the community needs to send a message to the men and women that have been deployed overseas.
"We have men in Iraq and Afghanistan worrying about their families back home and that's something we said, that we'd take care of your families," Wallace said.
Back at Henderson's, Young has a message for the service men and women who are such an important part of the community.
"You kind of want to just pat them on the back and say, it's going to be ok," he said.
