The tragedy at Ft. Hood the other day is a hard one to comprehend and accept. It happened, and it was awful. That is really all I have to say about the act itself.
What I want to point out was the hero that took Hasan down. It was a female police officer, who charged this animal in a hail of bullets and stopped him. She also took two shots to the legs, one in each thigh, and she deserves the highest praise. Matter of fact, everyone involved with stopping Hasan, and administering aid to the wounded deserves our highest praise. That is my take away on this tragedy. –Matt
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Officer Who Shot Suspect Is Firearms Expert
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
November 7, 2009
KILLEEN, Tex. — The police officer who brought down a gunman after he went on a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood Army base was on the way to have her car repaired when she heard a report over a police radio that someone was shooting people in a center where soldiers are processed before they are deployed abroad, authorities said on Friday.
As she pulled up to the center, the officer, Kimberly Munley, spotted the gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, brandishing a pistol and chasing a wounded soldier outside the building, said Chuck Medley, the director of emergency services at the base.
Sergeant Munley bolted from her car and shot at Major Hasan. He turned toward her and began to fire. She ran toward him, continuing to fire, and both she and the gunmen went down with several bullet wounds, Mr. Medley said.
Whether Sergeant Munley was solely responsible for taking down Major Hassan or whether he was also hit by gunfire from another responder is still unclear, but she was the first to fire at him.
Sergeant Munley, who is 34, is an expert in firearms and a member of the SWAT team for the civilian police department on the base, officials said.