21-year-old Francheska Velez, who returned to the U.S. just three days before the Fort Hood massacre, was among the 13 killed.
Posted on 11/06/2009 11:37:13 AM PST by COUNTrecount
A fresh tragedy added to the horror of the Fort Hood massacre Friday when it was revealed that one of the victims was a pregnant soldier.
Francheska Velez, who returned to the U.S. just three days earlier from a foreign posting, was filling out paperwork when a gunman hollered "Allahu Akbar!" and embarked on a bloody rampage that left her and a dozen others dead.
A 21-year-old Chicagoan, Velez was six-weeks pregnant when she was cut down on Thursday, FOX Chicago News reported.
Velez was a sitting duck when the accused gunman, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, yelled "God is great" in Arabic and opened fire with the two guns he'd smuggled into an intake center, Col. John Rossi said at a post-massacre briefing.
Hasan might have claimed even more victims were it not for Officer Kimberly Munley, a courageous civilian cop who shot Hasan four times - even after she was hit, officials said.
"She walked up and basically engaged him," Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander at Fort Hood, said on 'Good Morning America' Friday. "I think, certainly, this could've been far worse."
Hasan was unconscious but in stable condition, breathing with the aid of a ventilator. Munley was also in stable condition, officials said.
Witnesses described Hasan, who was wearing an Army uniform during the assault, as steely calm. He paused only to reload one of his handguns. When it was over, Hasan lay motionless, leading officials to mistakenly assume he was dead.
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21-year-old Francheska Velez, who returned to the U.S. just three days before the Fort Hood massacre, was among the 13 killed.
So there were 14 victims.
I wonder if he was gunning for women? There seem to be a high number of females among his victims
14 victims.
Lord rest her soul, and comfort her loved ones.
Yes there does.
Exactly.
But this wasn’t an act of Islamic terroris and her baby wasn’t a person.
Go figure.
Poor girl. Prayers for her and her family.
Curious if Chicagoans, Richard Daley, President Obama, Rahm Emanuel and David Axelord have weighed in on the tragic murder of this Chicago native?
Curious if Chicagoans, Richard Daley, President Obama, Rahm Emanuel and David Axelord have weighed in on the tragic murder of this Chicago native?
I would say we should apply the hate crimes statute and jack his sentence for attacking people for not being Muslim, or use the terrorism statutes. But it doesn’t matter since the Army will give him the needle for what he did anyway.
He probably planned to kill himself when it was over, but that officer stopped his plans. Now we get to finish the job.
I’ll repeat what I said on another threat regarding the shooter.
Fry him.
If no electric chair’s handy, a vat of boiling oil would be fine with me.
Where’s the list?
Stands to reason since those cowards treat
women like dogs, which they also hate.
Yeah I’ve read this POS was also pissed about not having a wife. So this shares some elements with that guy who shot up that gym class earlier this year. Add to that the Islamic element. Also add some stress about deployment and whatnot and you have yourself an individual that the army should have been keeping closer tabs on!
heres an account from British press with photos of two of the other women he shot
Could we make that lard rather than oil?
Another of the injured was Private Keara Bono, 21. In a desperate phone call to her husband, she said: ‘They shot me. And I’m still here in this country.’
Was what I thought when we heard last nite Francesca was among the fallen
Her family is so stunned. She just went to Fort Hood very recently
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