Female police officer shot gunman four times to end Fort Hood rampage
By: JEFF CARLTON
Associated Press
11/06/09 6:30 PM EST
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| U.S. Army Col. John Rossi speaks to the media about U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan who went on a shooting rampage at Fort Hood on November 6, 2009 in Killeen, Texas. Hasan, an army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 in a shooting at the military base at Fort Hood yesterday. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Getty Images) |
KILLEEN, TEXAS — A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso.
Police officials say after arriving at the scene of Thursday's gunfire, Sgt. Kimberly Munley saw the suspect and started firing at him.
Munley's boss, Chuck Medley, told The Associated Press on Friday that Hasan then spun around and charged at her with a gun in each hand.
Medley says Munley shot the alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, in the upper torso, allowing officers to take him into custody. Medley says in the exchange of gunfire, Munley was shot in the thighs and wrist.
The 34-year-old Munley is from Pennsylvania, used to be in the Army and is married to a Fort Bragg, N.C. soldier.
