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Second Officer Says He Brought Fort Hood Gunman Down - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13hood.html?_r=1
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KILLEEN, Tex. Sgt.Kimberly D. Munleyhas been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj.Nidal Malik Hasanduring the bloody rampage atFort Hoodlast week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities, attracted the attention of newspapers, the networks and television talk shows.
Butthe initial story of how she and the accused gunman went down in an exchange of gunfire now appears to be inaccurate.
Another officer, Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, 42, said in an interview Thursday that he fired the shots that brought down the gunman after Sergeant Munley was seriously wounded.A witness confir...
The witness, who asked not to be identified, said Major Hasan wheeled on Sergeant Munley as she rounded the corner of a building and shot her. Then Major Hasan turned his back and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol.
Sergeant Todd then rounded another corner of the building, found Major Hasan fumbling with his weapon and shot him, the witness said.
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The witness, who asked not to be identified, said Major Hasan wheeled on Sergeant Munley as she rounded the corner of a building and shot her. Then Major Hasan turned his back and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol.
the initial story of how she and the accused gunman went down in an exchange of gunfire now appears to be inaccurate.
KILLEEN, Tex. — Sgt. Kimberly D. Munley has been applauded as a hero across the nation for shooting down Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan during the bloody rampage at Fort Hood last week. The account of heroism, given by the authorities, attracted the attention of newspapers, the networks and television talk shows.
Another officer, Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, 42, said in an interview Thursday that he fired the shots that brought down the gunman after Sergeant Munley was seriously wounded.
Sergeant Todd then rounded another corner of the building, found Major Hasan fumbling with his weapon and shot him, the witness said.
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